منهج الإمام فخر الدين الرازي في مشكل القرآن الكريم

The Methodology of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī in Dealing with Problematic Quranic Verses

Abstract

This research deals with the approach of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī in addressing mushkil al-Qurʾān which is “whatever that conceals the real meaning of a Quranic verse, or leads to an unintended meaning, or contradicts a legitimate source in Islam or a significant Islamic ruling, or linguistic and scientific principles.” The research aims to explain the concept of mushkil al-Qurʾān and expound the approach of al-Rāzī in dealing with the subject.  The inductive and analytical methods were adopted in the research. The research deals with the concept of mushkil al-Qurʾān, the wisdom behind its presence in Divine commandments, al-Rāzī’s concern with the subject and his approach to clarifying the problems. The research concludes with some important findings: al-Rāzi is an intellectual, knowledgeable and specialist scholar who demonstrated an interest in the subject of mushkil al-Qurʾān, he adopted several strategies to solve the problem like other scholars, and he was distinguished amongst them due to his prominence in rational, logical, and rhetorical sciences.