Abdel Haleem, King Fahd Professor of Islamic Studies, University of London. This volume includes a foreword by Professor M.A.S.
He was attracted at an early age to the study of philosophy, in.
Like his predecessor al-Ghazali, he was an adherent of the Shafii school in law and of the theology of Asharism (see Ashariyya and Mutazila ). This scholarly yet accessible translation gives readers a thorough understanding of the most commonly recited chapter of the Qurʾān it also opens up for readers a window into the thought and practice of one of Islam’s greatest theologians. Fakhr al-Din al-Razi was born in Rayy near present-day Tehran in ah 543 or 544/ ad 1149-50. The present volume is the first ever translation into English from The Great Exegesis, and focuses on the first chapter of the Qurʾān, the Fātiḥa. The Great Exegesis is a compendium not only of Qurʾānic sciences and meanings, but also Arabic linguistics, comparative jurisprudence, Aristotelian and Islamic philosophy, dialectic theology and the spirituality of Sufism. Written in the twelfth century, this commentary on the Qurʾān has remained until today an indispensable reference work. Fakhr al-Din Razi’s Tafsir, The Great Exegesis, also known as Mafātih al-Ghayb, is one of the great classics of Arabic and Islamic scholarship.
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