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

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

muslimphilosophy.com: al-Sabzawari, al-Hajj Mulla Hadi (1797 / 8-1873)

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"

personal data
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

[1] There are different details about his exact life dates.

[2] CA Qadir, p. 144

[3] . DNB

[4] uslimphilosophy.com ; see. SUB GÖ : "Philosophical didactic poem with commentary and marginal glosses of the author and selected glosses of the Hīdaǧī and the Āmulī"