Abu l-Futuh al-Razi

According to Abu al-Futuh, his great-grandfather was Nafi' ibn Budayl ibn Warqa' al-Khuza'i, a companion of the prophet Muhammad. His grandfather had moved to Rayy. His most famous work, Rawz al-jinan wa Ruh al-Janan, is considered the first Persian-language exegesis on the Quran. The book, consisting of twenty volumes, is the earliest surviving Persian tafsīr with an Imāmī Shīʿī emphasis. It delves into mystical themes regularly.

Ibn Shahrashub is recorded as having studied under Abu l-Futuh al-Razi. The recorded working language is Arabic and Persian. The field of work recorded is theology and tafsir. Places of work recorded in the authority are Ray. Works named in the authority record are Rawz al-jinan ve ruh al-jinan.

• Religion — Islam • Era — Seljuk Empire • Name — Abū al-Futūḥ al-Rāzī أبو الفتوح الرّازي • Born — 470 Hijri (1077-8 CE) • Died — 552 or 556 Hijri 1157-8 or 1160-1 • Region — Iran • Denomination — Shia • Sect — Twelver • Jurisprudence — Ja'fari • Main Interests — Ḥadīth, Kalam, Fiqh, Tafsir • Students — Ibn Shahrashub, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi Abū al-Futūḥ al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Khuzāʿī al-Rāzī al-Nīsābūrī (أبو الفتوح الحسين بن علي بن محمد بن أحمد الخزاعي الرازي النيسابوري), commonly known as Abū al-Futūḥ al-Rāzī or Abū al-Futūḥ Jamāl al-Din al-Rāzī al-Nīsābūrī (أبو الفتوح جمال ادين الرازي النيسابوري), also known as Khaza'i Nishaburi (fl. 6th A.H./12th century), was a Twelver Shiʿite Muslim theologian and author. He came from a Khorasanian Arab family originally from Nishapur from the famous Khuza'a tribe, which settled in Nishapur after the Muslim conquest. According to Abu al-Futuh, his great-grandfather was Nafi' ibn Budayl ibn Warqa' al-Khuza'i, a companion of the prophet Muhammad. His grandfather had moved to Rayy. His most famous work, Rawz al-jinan wa Ruh al-Janan, is considered the first Persian-language exegesis on the Quran. The book, consisting of twenty volumes, is the earliest surviving Persian tafsīr with an Imāmī Shīʿī emphasis. It delves into mystical themes regularly.