''Mafatih al-Ghayb'' (), usually known as ''al-Tafsir al-Kabir'' (), is a classical Islamic

tafsir Tafsir ( ; ) refers to an exegesis, or commentary, of the Quran. An author of a ''tafsir'' is a ' (; plural: ). A Quranic ''tafsir'' attempts to provide elucidation, explanation, interpretation, context or commentary for clear understanding ...

book, written by the twelfth-century Islamic theologian and

philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

Fakhruddin Razi (d.1210). The book is an

exegesis Exegesis ( ; from the Ancient Greek, Greek , from , "to lead out") is a critical explanation or interpretation (philosophy), interpretation of a text. The term is traditionally applied to the interpretation of Bible, Biblical works. In modern us ...

and commentary on the

Qur'an The Quran, also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation directly from God ('' Allāh''). It is organized in 114 chapters (, ) which consist of individual verses ('). Besides ...

. 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 A mufti (; , ) is an Islamic jurist qualified to issue a nonbinding opinion ('' fatwa'') on a point of Islamic law (''sharia''). The act of issuing fatwas is called ''iftāʾ''. Muftis and their ''fatāwa'' have played an important role thro ...

Taqi Usmani has written:

Taqi Usmani 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:

References

Books by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi Razi 12th-century Arabic-language books {{Islam-book-stub

Features

See also

References