Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb by Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī

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Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb by Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī is a monumental and highly influential multi-volume Qur’anic commentary renowned for its extensive theological, philosophical, and linguistic analysis.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Qurʾanic commentary
tafsir
alternativeName Tafsīr al-Kabīr
al-Tafsīr al-Kabīr
linked to: Tafsīr al-Kabīr
author Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī
authorBirthName Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Rāzī
authorNisba al-Rāzī
linked to: Al-Razi (Rhazes)
century 12th century
13th century
completionStatus not fully completed by the author
denominationalContext Sunni Islam
engagesWith Avicennian philosophy
Muʿtazilī theology
earlier tafsir works
focus Arabic rhetoric
Qurʾanic rhetoric
cosmology
jurisprudential issues
kalam
linguistic analysis of the Qurʾan
metaphysics
philosophical analysis of the Qurʾan
rational argumentation
theological analysis of the Qurʾan
genre Islamic philosophy
Islamic theology
religious scholarship
geographicalContext Greater Iran
influenceOn Islamic philosophy
Islamic theology
linked to: IslamicTheology

later Sunni tafsir tradition
post-classical Qurʾanic exegesis
knownFor critical engagement with earlier scholars
detailed analysis of Qurʾanic vocabulary
extensive theological discussions
integration of philosophy and kalam into tafsir
lengthy digressions on philosophical issues
language Arabic
legalSchool Shāfiʿī
linked to: Shafi'i school
mainSubject Qurʾan
linked to: Quran
methodology dialectical theology
linguistic and rhetorical analysis
philosophical inquiry
rationalist exegesis
period medieval Islamic era
religiousTradition Islam
scriptureCommentedOn Qurʾan
linked to: Quran
theologicalSchool Ashʿarī
linked to: Ash'ari
titleTranslation Keys to the Unseen
linked to: Key to the Unseen
volumeCount multi-volume

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Islamic exegesis hasNotableWork Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb by Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī
Jāmiʿ al-bayān ʿan taʾwīl āy al-Qurʾān influenceOn al-Rāzī’s Mafātīḥ al-ghayb
linked to: Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb by Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī
Tafsir al-Qur’an (Quranic commentaries) relatedWork Mafatih al-Ghayb (Mulla Sadra)
linked to: Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb by Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī