Author
Ṣadr al-Dīn Shīrāzī, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm, -1641 Sadr al-Din al-Shirazi, Muhammad ibn Ibrahim, -1641 Sadr al-Din al-Shirazi, Muhammad ibn Ibrahim, 979-1050 BC / 1571-1440 Mullā Ṣadrā Mulla Sadra
Author Original
صدر الدين الشيرازى، محمد بن ابراهيم، ۱۶۴۱ صدر الدين الشيرازى، محمد بن ابراهيم، ۹۷۹۱۰۵۰ق۱۵۷۱۱۶۴۰ ملا صدرا
Subject
Islamic philosophy
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
583
Physical Dimensions
583 ff. Dimensions (leaf): 25.5 × 16 cm. Dimensions (written): 21 × 10.5 cm.
Library
FIHRIST Library
Library Asset ID
Wadh.Minasian 57
Record ID
7873
Library Location
The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford
Notes
This is one of the most famous books of Mullā Ṣadrā. Considering its comprehensiveness and its influence on the field of Islamic philosophy, the book has acquired a unique position in the recent centuries, to the extent that many works of the succeeding generations of Islamic philosophers were either derived from or inspired by this work. Mullā Ṣadrā has created his book's plot based on the four journeys of the mystics: (1) Journey from the People towards the Truth, (2) Journey towards the Truth from the Truth, (3) Journey from the Truth towards the People, and (4) Journey towards the Truth within the People. The book is compiled in four volumes, as follows: first volume, Fī al-umūr al-ʿāmmah ; second volume, Fī al-ʿilm al-ṭabīʿī ; third volume, Fī al-ʿilm al-ilāhī ; and fourth volume, Fī ʿilm al-nafs min al-mabdaʾ ilá al-maʿād . The current copy is the second book of the third journey: The Journey towards the Truth from the Truth.
Sample Text
Bismillah, the second book on the journey from truth to truth. Praise be to God, whose necessity and existence illuminated the faces of beings and shone with the light of His Essence... But after that, this is the beginning of another stage of wisdom and knowledge, which is abstracting from looking at the atoms of existence and realizing the existence of paradoxes and divinities called the knowledge of divinity...
Koleksiyon
Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection
Biçim
codex
Yazı Türü
Graceful Nastaʿaliq, one hand, fairly large hand.
