Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

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Fakhr al-Din al-Razi was a prominent 12th–13th century Persian Muslim theologian, philosopher, and Qur’anic exegete known for his influential works in kalām, metaphysics, and rational theology.

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instanceOf Ashʿarite theologian
Islamic philosopher
Muslim theologian
Qur’anic exegete
Shafiʿi jurist
person
alsoKnownAs Ibn al-Khatib al-Razi
Imam Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
birthDate 1149
birthPlace Persia
Rayy
creed Ashʿari
linked to: Ash'ari
deathDate 1209
deathPlace Herat
Khurasan
linked to: Khorasan
denomination Sunni Islam
era 12th century
13th century
Islamic Golden Age
ethnicGroup Persian
field Islamic jurisprudence principles
Islamic philosophy
Islamic theology
Qur’anic studies
logic
fullName Abu ʿAbd Allah Fakhr al-Din Muhammad ibn ʿUmar ibn al-Hasan al-Taymi al-Bakri al-Razi
givenName Muhammad
honorificTitle Fakhr al-Din
influenced later Ashʿarite theologians
post-classical Islamic philosophy
influencedBy Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
linked to: al‑Ghazali

Ibn Sina
linked to: Avicenna

al-Juwayni
linked to: Al-Juwayni
kunya Abu ʿAbd Allah
language Arabic
Persian
madhhab Shafiʿi
linked to: Shafi'i school
mainInterest Qur’anic exegesis
kalām
logic
metaphysics
philosophy
rational theology
usul al-fiqh
notableWork Asās al-Taqdīs
Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb
Tafsīr al-Kabīr
al-Arbaʿīn fī Uṣūl al-Dīn
al-Maḥṣūl fī ʿIlm Uṣūl al-Fiqh
al-Maṭālib al-ʿĀliya min al-ʿIlm al-Ilāhī
al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-Manṭiq wa-l-Ḥikma
notedFor critical engagement with Avicennian philosophy
encyclopedic Qur’anic commentary
extensive use of philosophical argumentation in kalām
philosophicalSchool post-Avicennian Islamic philosophy
region Greater Iran
religion Islam
schoolTradition Ashʿarism
linked to: Ash'ari

Shafiʿi fiqh
taughtIn Herat
Khwarazm
linked to: Khwarezm

Transoxiana

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Islamic philosophy majorFigure Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
Algazel influenced Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi fullName Abu ʿAbd Allah Fakhr al-Din Muhammad ibn ʿUmar ibn al-Hasan al-Taymi al-Bakri al-Razi
linked to: Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi alsoKnownAs Imam Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
linked to: Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat influenced Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat commentedOnBy Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb author Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī
linked to: Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb authorBirthName Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Rāzī
linked to: Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
Asharite kalam hasNotableTheologian Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
Abu ʿAbd Allah usedBy Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
Abu ʿAbd Allah honorificFor Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb hasAuthor Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī
linked to: Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
Tafsīr al-Kabīr author Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
al-Maṭālib al-ʿĀliya min al-ʿIlm al-Ilāhī author Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī
linked to: Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
al-Maṭālib al-ʿĀliya min al-ʿIlm al-Ilāhī writtenBy Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī in the 12th–13th century
linked to: Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
al-Arbaʿīn fī Uṣūl al-Dīn author Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī
linked to: Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-Manṭiq wa-l-Ḥikma author Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī
linked to: Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
Asās al-Taqdīs author Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī
linked to: Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
Asās al-Taqdīs writtenBy Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī, a prominent Ashʿarī theologian
linked to: Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
Fakhr al-Din notableBearer Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
Ibn al-Khatib al-Razi alsoKnownAs Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
Ibn al-Khatib al-Razi alsoKnownAs Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī
linked to: Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
Qur’an 46:5 commentedOnBy Fakhr al-Din al-Razi