Fakhr al-Din al-Razi Quotes
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi was a Persian Sunni theologian, philosopher, and exegete of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries and one of the most prolific Islamic intellectuals of his era. His vast Commentary on the Quran, the Mafatih al-Ghayb, drew systematically on philosophical sources to interpret the sacred text and remains influential. The quotes below are attributed to Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, organized by topic.
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Fakhr al-Din al-Razi on God
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Attributed to Fakhr al-Din al-Razi:
“Reason is the foundation of all genuine theology.”
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“The truths of religion and the truths of philosophy converge.”
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“Anyone who reflects deeply on the world will find the traces of God.”
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“Inquiry is a religious duty for those whom God has given the capacity to inquire.”
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi on Knowledge
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Attributed to Fakhr al-Din al-Razi:
“Doubt is the beginning of certainty.”
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“I regret the time I have been eating instead of being in pursuit of learning - for time is precious.”
in Great Figures of Islam – Imam Fakhruddin ar-Razi -
“in Great Figures of Islam – Imam Fakhruddin ar-Razi”
I regret the time I have been eating instead of being in pursuit of learning - for time is precious. -
“My heart was never deprived of science, There are little of the mysteries that I did not understand. For 72 years I thought night and day, Yet I came to know that nothing is to be known.” [ 1 ]”
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Fakhr al-Din al-Razi on Nature
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“Fakhr Al-Din Al-Razi on Physics and the Nature of the Physical World: A Preliminary Survey”
It is established by evidence that there exists beyond the world a void without a terminal limit (khala' la nihayata laha), and it is established as well by evidence that God Most High has power over all contingent beings (al-mumkinat ). Therefore He the Most High has the power (qadir ) to create a thousand thousand worlds (alfa alfi 'awalim) beyond this world such that each one of those worlds be