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