Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī
Name of Fakhr al-Din al-Razi in Persian
Title	Shaykh al-Islam, al-Fakhr al-Razi, Sultan al-Mutakallimin (Sultan of the Theologians),[1] and Imam or Shaykh al-Mushakkikin (the Imam or Teacher of the Skeptics).[2]
Personal
Born	1149 or 1150 (543 or 544 AH) Ray, Seljuk Empire
Died	1209 (606 AH, aged 59 or 60) Herat, Ghurid Empire
Religion	Islam
Era	Islamic Golden Age
Region	Persia
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Shafi'i[3]
Creed	Ash'ari[3][4]
Main interest(s)	Tafsir, Principles of Islamic jurisprudence, Rhetoric, Kalam, Islamic Philosophy, Logic, Astronomy, Cosmology, Ontology, Chemistry, Physics, Medicine, Anatomy
Notable work(s)	Al-Tafsir al-Kabir (Mafatih al-Ghayb), Asas al-Taqdis
Occupation	Scholar and scientist
Muslim leader
Influenced by Al-Shafi'i, Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari, Ibn Furak, Ibn Sina, al-Juwayni, al-Ghazali, Diya' al-Din al-Makki
Influenced Athir al-Din al-Abhari, Nizam al-Din al-Nisapuri, Burhan al-Din al-Nasafi,[5] Shihab al-Din al-Qarafi, Taj al-Din al-Subki, Al-Safadi, Ibn Abi Usaybi'a, Al-Suyuti, Sa'id Foudah

Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (Arabic: فخر الدين الرازي) or Fakhruddin Razi (Persian: فخر الدين رازی) (1149 or 1150 – 1209), often known by the sobriquet Sultan of the Theologians, was an influential Iranian and Muslim polymath, scientist and one of the pioneers of inductive logic.^[6][7][8] He wrote various works in the fields of medicine, chemistry, physics, astronomy, cosmology, literature, theology, ontology, philosophy, history and jurisprudence. He was one of the earliest proponents and skeptics that came up with the concept of multiverse, and compared it with the astronomical teachings of Quran.^[9][10] A rejector of the geocentric model and the Aristotelian notions of a single universe revolving around a single world, al-Razi argued about the existence of the outer space beyond the known world.^[10][11]

Al-Razi was born in Ray, Iran, and died in Herat, Afghanistan.^[12] He left a very rich corpus of philosophical and theological works that reveals influence from the works of Avicenna, Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī and al-Ghazali. Two of his works titled Mabāhith al-mashriqiyya fī 'ilm al-ilāhiyyāt wa-'l-tabi'iyyāt المباحث المشرقية في علم الإلهيات و الطبيعيات (Eastern Studies in Metaphysics and Physics) and al-Matālib al-'Aliya المطالب العالية (The Higher Issues) are usually regarded as his most important philosophical works.^[13]