Mulla Hadi Sabzawari
Hajj Molla Hadi Sabzawari ( Persian ملا هادی سبزواری; born 1797/1798 in Sabsevar (Sabzawar); died around 1873) was an Iranian philosopher , Twelve Shiite theologian, poet and mystic. He is also known by the names Aflatun Asar (Modern Plato) and Chadim al-Hukm (Seal of the Philosophers).
Live and act
Molla Hadi Sabzawari was born in Sabzawar. He is considered the most famous philosopher of the Qajar era in the 19th century . He studied for several years in Isfahan under Molla 'Ali Nuri (d. 1830 or 1831) and was one of the revitalizers of the philosophy of the Isfahan school , largely following the tradition of Mulla Sadra (d. Around 1640) and commenting on his works . In 1867 the Qajar Shah , Naser el-Din Shah , visited him and offered him to work at his court. Mulla Hadi is the author of numerous works. His most famous are the Sharh al-Manzuma , a commentary on his own didactic poetry (manẓūma) Ghurar al-Fara'id , and his Asrar al-hikam ("Secrets of Wisdom"). He also wrote a commentary on the Masnawī by the Sufi poet Jalal ad-Din Rumi .
Works (selection)
- Sharh al-Manzuma
- Ghurar al-Fara'id
- Asrar al-hikam ("secrets of wisdom")
- Comments on works Mulla Sadras
- Commentary on the Masnawī by the Sufi poet Jalal ad-Din Rumi
See also
- Sabzawar (English)
- Suhrawardi
- Transcendent Theosophy ( ḥikmat al-mutaʿāliyah )
- Illumination philosophy
literature
- Seyyed Hossein Nasr : " Hādi Sabzavāri " Encyclopaedia Iranica , online
- Nasr, SH (1966): 'Renaissance in Iran (continued): Haji Mulla Hadi Sabziwari', in MM Sharif (ed.): A History of Muslim Philosophy , Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz; repr. Karachi, 1983.
- Toshihiko Izutsu : Mollā Hādī Sabzavārī's Šarḥ ḡorar al-farāʾed, maʿrūf be-manẓūma-ye ḥekmat, qesmat-e omūr-e ʿāmma wa ǰawhar wa ʿaraoż , ed. And annotated by Šādī Moḥaqehrico 1969
- Izutsu Toshihiko and Mehdi Mohagheg : The Metaphysics of Sabzawari , Delmar, NY: Caravan (English translation of the first section of the Ghurar al-fara'id). 1983
- Henry Corbin : History of Islamic Philosophy. 2014 ( partial view in Google Book Search)
- Moojan Momen: An Introduction to Shi'i Islam. The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi'ism . Yale University Press, New Haven CT et al. 1985, ISBN 0-300-03499-7
- Oliver Leaman (Ed.): The Biographical Encyclopedia of Islamic Philosophy. 2015 ( partial view in Google Book Search)
- Edward Granville Browne : A Year Among the Persians: Impressions as to the Life, Character, and Thought of the People of Persia. London 1893 ( digitized version )
- Hājjī Hādī Sabzevārī , Encyclopaedia Britannica
- CA Qadir : Philosophy and Science in the Islamic World (Croom Helm, 1988, reprinted Routledge, 1990), pp. 144 f.
Web links
References and footnotes
- ↑ There are different details about his exact life dates.
- ^ CA Qadir, p. 144
- ↑ cf. DNB
- ↑ muslimphilosophy.com ; see. SUB GÖ : "Philosophical didactic poem with commentary and marginal glosses of the author and selected glosses of the Hīdaǧī and the Āmulī"
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SURNAME | Sabzawari, Mulla Hadi |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ḥāǰǰ Mollā Hādī Sabzavāri; Hādī Ibn-Mahdī Sabzawārī; Hādī Ibn-Mahdī Sabzawārī; Ḥāǧǧī Mullā Hādī Sabzawārī; Ḥāǧǧī Mullā Hādī Sabzawārī; Ḥāǧǧī Mullā Hādī Sabzawārī; Ḥāǧǧ Mullā Hādī Sabzawārī; Ḥaǧǧ Mullā Hādī Sabzawārī; Hādī ibn Mahdī Sabzavārī; Hādī Sabzawārī; Mulla Hadi Sabzawari; Mulla Hadi Sabzewari; Mulla Hadi Sabzivari; al-Hajj Mulla Hadi al-Sabzawari; Sabuzewali; 萨布泽瓦里 (Chinese); Hajji Hadi al-Sabzawari; Hādī Ibn-Mahdī Sabzawārī; Mulla Hadi Sabzawari |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iranian philosopher, Shiite theologian, poet, mystic |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1797 or 1798 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sabzawar |
DATE OF DEATH | around 1873 |