''Mafatih al-Ghayb'' (), usually known as ''al-Tafsir al-Kabir'' (), is a classical Islamic
tafsir book, written by the twelfth-century
Islamic theologian and
philosopher
A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...
Fakhruddin Razi (d.1210).
The book is an
exegesis and commentary on the
Qur'an. At 32 volumes, it is even larger than the 28-volume ''
Tafsir al-Tabari''. It is not unusual for modern works to use it as a reference.
Features
Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani has written:
has also written in his autobiography:
Maulana Sayyid Muhammad Yoosuf Binnori has written in his article ''Yateematu-l-Bayaan'' that his reverend teacher Sayyid Muhammad
Anwar Shah Kashmiri used to say:
See also
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Tafsir al-Baydawi
''Anwar al-Tanzil wa-Asrar al-Ta'wil'' ( ar, أنوار التنزيل وأسرار التأويل, lit=The Lights of Revelation and the Secrets of Interpretation), better known as ''Tafsir al-Baydawi'' ( ar, تفسير البيضاوي), is o ...
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Tafsir al-Nisaburi
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List of tafsir works
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List of Sunni books
References
Razi Razi ( fa, رازی) or al-Razi ( ar, الرازی) is a name that was historically used to indicate a person coming from Ray, Iran.
People
It most commonly refers to:
* Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (865–925), influential physician, alchemist ...
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