This study examines the possibility of proving the miraculous nature of the Qur'an's foreknowledge (ghaybi reports) from the perspectives of two prominent exegetes: Allameh Tabataba'i and Fakhr al-Din al-Razi. The main research question centers on the role and status of such reports in confirming the prophethood of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and how each thinker interprets them. Using a descriptive-analytical method and relying on exegetical and theological sources, the study analyzes the views of these two scholars.



Allameh Tabataba'i, adopting a philosophical and rational approach, considers the Qur'anic foreknowledge as manifestations of unknown or lesser-known laws of the universe and interprets them within the framework of natural causality. Citing verses such as “That is from the news of the unseen...” (Āl ʿImrān: 44) and “That is from the news of the unseen...” (Hūd: 49), he views such reports as part of the Qur'an’s challenge (tahaddi) and as signs of its miraculous nature. In contrast, Fakhr al-Razi, through a theological and logical lens, classifies these foreknowledge reports among intellectual miracles. Referring to verses like “And you did not recite before it any book...” (Ankabūt: 48) and “The multitude will be defeated...” (Qamar: 45), he emphasizes the logical and theological necessity of the truthfulness of such divine reports.



The findings of the study show that although the two scholars employ different approaches and methodologies in analyzing the miraculous nature of foreknowledge in the Qur'an, they ultimately arrive at the same conclusion: the precise and error-free fulfillment of the Qur’an’s ghaybi reports constitutes decisive evidence of the truthfulness of the Prophet (PBUH) and the divine origin of the Qur’an. Both also agree that such reports, delivered by an unlettered man without formal education, could only have been conveyed through divine guidance—thus affirming the Qur’an’s miraculous nature.