BOOK REVIEW DISCUSSION: FAKHR AL-DIN RAZI’S TAFSIR,THE GREAT EXEGESIS -VOLUME I: THE FATIHA Dr Saeed

BOOK REVIEW DISCUSSION: FAKHR AL-DIN RAZI’S TAFSIR, THE GREAT EXEGESIS - VOLUME I: THE FATIHA
With translator Dr Sohaib Saeed [Founder-Director of the Centre for Advanced Study of the Quran and its Interpretation (CASQI), Freiburg University, Germany]
and hosted by Salman Nasir [ Umm al Qura University, Instructor for Legacy Institute - legacy.institute ]
Date and time: Saturday 10th April 2021 @5pm UK/London - Please adjust to your timezone
ABOUT:
Fakhr al-Din Razi’s Tafsir, The Great Exegesis, also known as Mafatih al-Ghayb, is one of the great classics of Arabic and Islamic scholarship. Written in the twelfth century, this commentary on the Qur’an has remained until today an indispensable reference work. The Great Exegesis is a compendium not only of Qur’anic sciences and meanings, but also Arabic linguistics, comparative jurisprudence, Aristotelian and Islamic philosophy, dialectic theology and the spirituality of Sufism. The present volume is the first ever translation into English from The Great Exegesis and focuses on the first chapter of the Qur’an, the Fatiha. This scholarly yet accessible translation gives readers a thorough understanding of the most commonly recited chapter of the Qur’an; it also opens up for readers a window into the thought and practice of one of Islam’s greatest theologians. Fakhr al-Dīn al-Razi (d. 1210) was a leading Islamic scholar of the twelfth century. He was a prolific author on theology and jurisprudence but is best known for his commentary on the Qur’an, The Great Exegesis.
About the speaker: Dr Sohaib Saeed [Founder-Director of the Centre for Advanced Study of the Quran and its Interpretation (CASQI), Freiburg University, Germany]
Dr Sohaib Saeed is director of the Centre for Advanced Study of the Quran and its Interpretation (CASQI). He is a graduate of philosophy (University of Edinburgh) and Islamic theology (Al-Azhar), with specialism in Qur’anic studies. He took his PhD at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.