Qom University Comparative Interpretation Research 2476-4191 Articles in Press 2026 05 03 A Comparative Analysis of the Impact of Fakhr al-Razi and Allamah Tabataba'i's Exegetical Approaches on the Interpretation of Verse 59 of Surah Al-An'am A Comparative Analysis of the Impact of Fakhr al-Razi and Allamah Tabataba'i's Exegetical Approaches on the Interpretation of Verse 59 of Surah Al-An'am 4384 10.22091/ptt.2026.14323.2536 FA Ismaeil Shaebani Kamran PhD student at Tarbiat Modares University 0009-0005-4975-5716 Kazem GHazizadeh Assistant Professor, Department of Quranic and Hadith Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University 0000-0001-8742-8533 Journal Article 2025 10 24 Verse 59 of Sūrat al-Anʿām, which discusses the comprehensiveness of God’s knowledge, represents a major point of disagreement in Islamic theology and Qurʾānic interpretation. This study offers a comparative analysis of how Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s theological–rational method and ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī’s ontological–contextual framework shape their readings of the verse. Based on library and documentary research, the study draws on authoritative tafsīr sources and modern scholarship. The results show that the divergence between the two exegetes arises from differences in analytical outlook and methodological foundation. Fakhr al-Rāzī, employing rational argumentation, presents the verse as a purely rational statement affirming the absolute fixity of divine decree in the Ashʿarite deterministic framework. He interprets the verse through the rhetorical device of listing particular cases to indicate the totality of divine knowledge. In contrast, ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī, guided by the principle of interpreting the Qurʾān through the Qurʾān, situates the verse within a hierarchical ontological system that maintains internal coherence while allowing for badāʾ and the effectiveness of human will. Ultimately, their disagreement expresses a deeper confrontation between two intellectual systems: one emphasizing determinism and passivity, the other dynamism and human agency. Verse 59 of Sūrat al-Anʿām, which discusses the comprehensiveness of God’s knowledge, represents a major point of disagreement in Islamic theology and Qurʾānic interpretation. This study offers a comparative analysis of how Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s theological–rational method and ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī’s ontological–contextual framework shape their readings of the verse. Based on library and documentary research, the study draws on authoritative tafsīr sources and modern scholarship. The results show that the divergence between the two exegetes arises from differences in analytical outlook and methodological foundation. Fakhr al-Rāzī, employing rational argumentation, presents the verse as a purely rational statement affirming the absolute fixity of divine decree in the Ashʿarite deterministic framework. He interprets the verse through the rhetorical device of listing particular cases to indicate the totality of divine knowledge. In contrast, ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī, guided by the principle of interpreting the Qurʾān through the Qurʾān, situates the verse within a hierarchical ontological system that maintains internal coherence while allowing for badāʾ and the effectiveness of human will. Ultimately, their disagreement expresses a deeper confrontation between two intellectual systems: one emphasizing determinism and passivity, the other dynamism and human agency.