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There is a controversy among exegetes of the Holy Qur'an with respect to the prophethood of al-Khidr (a). | There is a controversy among exegetes of the Holy Qur'an with respect to the prophethood of al-Khidr (a). | ||
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi rejected six arguments presented by exegetes of the Holy Qur'an for the prophethood of al-Khidr. | Fakhr al-Din al-Razi<ref>Fakhr al-Rāzī, ''al-Tafsīr al-Kabīr'', vol. 21, p. 148-149.</ref> rejected six arguments presented by exegetes of the Holy Qur'an for the prophethood of al-Khidr. | ||
[[Al-Shaykh al-Tusi]] cited [[Abu 'Ali al-Juba'i]] and Rummani (d. 384/994) as saying that al-Khidr (a) was a prophet, and attributed the rejection of this view to Ibn Akhshid (d. 326/937). But he himself made no comments on this issue. | [[Al-Shaykh al-Tusi]]<ref>Ṭūsī, ''al-Tibyān fī tafsīr al-Qurʾān'', p. 67-68.</ref> cited [[Abu 'Ali al-Juba'i]] and Rummani (d. 384/994) as saying that al-Khidr (a) was a prophet, and attributed the rejection of this view to Ibn Akhshid (d. 326/937). But he himself made no comments on this issue. | ||
According to [[al-Tha'labi]], al-Khidr (a) is a prophet with a long life who is hidden from people. | According to [[al-Tha'labi]], al-Khidr (a) is a prophet with a long life who is hidden from people.<ref>Thaʿlabī, ''ʿArāʾis al-majālis'', p. 198; Nawawī, ''Tahdhīb al-ʾasmāʾ wa al-lughāt'', part 1, vol. 1, p. 176-177.</ref> | ||
And according to Baghawi, God gave knowledge of the interior to al-Khidr through inspiration, and most scholars believe that he is not a prophet. | And according to Baghawi, God gave knowledge of the interior to al-Khidr through inspiration, and most scholars believe that he is not a prophet.<ref>Baghawī, ''Tafsīr al-Baghawī'', vol. 3, p. 173.</ref> | ||
==From the Viewpoint of Biographers== | ==From the Viewpoint of Biographers== | ||