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Molla Sadra K眉lliyati #4
賰爻乇 兀氐賳丕賲 丕賱噩丕賴賱賷丞 賮賷 丕賱乇丿 毓賱賶 賲鬲氐賵賮丞 夭賲丕賳賴
Mulla Sadra's Kasr al-Asnaam, a book of four essays, is a masterpiece on two counts: the academic and the devotional. Sadra's status as a renowned philosopher and intense proponent of intellectual thought - as versus dogma - is very evident. At the same time, his book reflects divine devotion and can be used as a practical guide for spiritual elevation. The language is a little advanced since it involves rich philosophical verbage. However, there are frequent swaths of simple straightforward propositions and arguments. As for the context of the book, it is in regards to restraining unbridled mysticism; however, it is equally stern against both dogmatic scholars and extremist mystics - condemning both literalists and esotericists. Some of the major themes therein are: the concept of knowledge, spiritual knowledge, attributes of true spiritual travellers, and the importance of asceticism in bringing Man closer to God. The book is full of Quranic quotations, hadith references, important quotes from past Muslim intellectuals (such as Ghazali, Suhrawardi, Balkhi, Ibn 'Arabi) as well as others - even inclusive of a short powerful spiritual treatise by Pythogoras (the translators attribute it to Hermes). Notably in the last essay, several prophetic examples of asceticism and spirituality are cited.
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256 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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Mulla Sadra
57听books85听followers峁dr ad-D墨n Mu岣mmad Sh墨r膩z墨, also called Mulla Sadr膩 (Persian: 賲賱丕 氐丿乇丕鈥�; also spelt Molla Sadra, Mollasadra or Sadr-ol-Mote'allehin; Arabic: 氐丿乇丕賱賲鬲兀賱賴蹖賳鈥�) (c. 1572鈥�1635), was an Iranian Shia Islamic philosopher, theologian and 鈥樐€lim who led the Iranian cultural renaissance in the 17th century. According to Oliver Leaman, Mulla Sadra is arguably the single most important and influential philosopher in the Muslim world in the last four hundred years.
Though not its founder, he is considered the master of the Illuminationist (or, Ishraghi or Ishraqi) school of Philosophy, a seminal figure who synthesized the many tracts of the Islamic Golden Age philosophies into what he called the Transcendent Theosophy or al-hikmah al-muta鈥檒iyah.
Mulla Sadra brought "a new philosophical insight in dealing with the nature of reality" and created "a major transition from essentialism to existentialism" in Islamic philosophy, although his existentialism should not be too readily compared to Western existentialism. His was a question of existentialist cosmology as it pertained to Allah, and thus differs considerably from the individual, moral, and/or social, questions at the heart of Russian, French, German, or American Existentialism.
Mulla Sadra's philosophy ambitiously synthesized Avicennism, Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi's Illuminationist philosophy, Ibn Arabi's Sufi metaphysics, and the theology of the Ash'ari school and Twelvers.
his main work is The Transcendent theosophy in the Four Journeys of the intellect, or simply Four Journeys.
Though not its founder, he is considered the master of the Illuminationist (or, Ishraghi or Ishraqi) school of Philosophy, a seminal figure who synthesized the many tracts of the Islamic Golden Age philosophies into what he called the Transcendent Theosophy or al-hikmah al-muta鈥檒iyah.
Mulla Sadra brought "a new philosophical insight in dealing with the nature of reality" and created "a major transition from essentialism to existentialism" in Islamic philosophy, although his existentialism should not be too readily compared to Western existentialism. His was a question of existentialist cosmology as it pertained to Allah, and thus differs considerably from the individual, moral, and/or social, questions at the heart of Russian, French, German, or American Existentialism.
Mulla Sadra's philosophy ambitiously synthesized Avicennism, Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi's Illuminationist philosophy, Ibn Arabi's Sufi metaphysics, and the theology of the Ash'ari school and Twelvers.
his main work is The Transcendent theosophy in the Four Journeys of the intellect, or simply Four Journeys.
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November 30, 2018
A great book that explains the importance of knowledge in order to embark on the journey towards God and seeking the reality of this life and the hereafter. A must read for those wishing to pursue the spiritual path. Good clear translation.
January 12, 2025
Terrible translation
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