Al-Razi and Quranic Readings: A Study in Method and Resource

This research seeks to clarify the method of Imam Al-Fakhr Al-Razi and his resources in grammatical inference with Quranic readings through his interpretation of the (Mafaatihul-Gheib) with presentation of Quranic evidence, the title of the search came to be tagged with (Al-Razi and the Qur’anic Readings: A Study in the Method and the Resource) Mainly in the process of theorizing and analysis, because of its importance in the Qur’anic readings; this interpretation is an encyclopedia that includes various types of issues of different sciences, The research also aims to clarify his attribution to the readings and his approach to it, and to discover his method of inferring the Qur’anic readings and its influence on its predecessors, Because in most of his inferences from the Qur’anic readings, he supported his idea with the opinions of other scientists. The research is consisting of an introduction, two demands, and a conclusion which contains the most important results. The first demand was entitled: Al-Razi's method in his grammatical inference with the Qur’anic readings. The conclusion dealt with the most important findings of the research, we can mention among them: The research has proven that the imam cared about the readings and employed them in his interpretation, especially his inference from the readings related to grammatical issues. Al-Razi was clearly influenced by his predecessors, but this did not affect him to be a transmitter only, but rather to have an outstanding personality that transmits, criticizes, and gives weight. For he did not care to which school the scholar he took belongs to, visual, Kufic or Baghdadi. He also did not pay attention to the creedal sect to which he belongs, whether it was an Ash'ari or a Mu'tazilite or otherwise.