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Fakhr al-Din Razi

Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī
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Title Shaykh al-Islam,
al-Fakhr al-Razi,
Sultan al-Mutakallimin (Prince of the Controversialists),
and Imam or Shaykh al-Mushakkikin (the Imam or Teacher of the Skeptics).
Born 26 January 1150
Ray, Iran
Died 29 March 1210 (aged 61)
Herat, Afghanistan
Era Islamic Golden Age
Region Persia (Iran and Afghanistan)
Occupation Muslim scholar
Religion Islam
Jurisprudence Shafi'i
Creed Sunni Islam, Ash'ari
Main interest(s) Tafsir, Principles of Islamic jurisprudence, Rhetoric, Kalam, Islamic Philosophy, Logic, Astronomy, Ontology, Chemistry, Physics, Medicine, Anatomy
Notable work(s) Tafsir al-Kabir, The Major Book on Logic, Sharh Nisf al-Wajiz li l-Ghazzali, Sharh al-Isharat Avecina

Fakhr al-Din al-Razi or Fakhruddin Razi (Persian: فخر الدين رازي‎‎) was an IranianSunni Muslim theologian and philosopher He was born in 1149 in Rey (in modern-day Iran), and died in 1209 in Herat (in modern-day Afghanistan). He also wrote on medicine, physics, astronomy, literature, history and law.

He left a very rich corpus of philosophical and theological works that reveals influence from the works of ibn Sina, Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī and al-Ghazali. Two of his works titled Mabahith al-mashriqiyya fi 'ilm al-ilahiyyat wa-'l-tabi'iyyat (Eastern Studies in Metaphysics and Physics) and al-Matalib al-'Alya (The Higher Issues) are usually regarded as his most important philosophical works.

Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Umar ibn al-Husayn at-Taymi al-Bakri at-Tabaristani Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (Arabic: أبو عبدالله محمد بن عمر بن الحسن بن الحسين بن علي التيمي البكري فخرالدین الرازی‎‎) was born (544 AH) to a family of Arabian immigrants from the tribe of Quraysh who migrated to Rey in Tabaristan (modern-day Mazandaran Province, Iran). He first studied with his father, and later at Merv and Maragheh, where he was one of the pupils of al-Majd al-Jili, who in turn had been a disciple of al-Ghazali. He was accused of rationalism, despite the fact that he restored many to the orthodox faith. He was a leading proponent of the Ash'ari school of theology.


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