Ṣadr al-Dīn Shirazi, Mullā Ṣadrā  (d.1050/1640)

 

 

Ṣadr al-Din Shirazi [= Mullā Ṣadrā], Muhammad ibn Ibrahim (XXXX /1571--1050/1641)

 

al-Ḥikmat al-muta'āliyah or  al-Asfār , "The Four Journeys"

  • al-Ḥikma al-muta'āliya fi-'l-asfār al-'aqliyya al-arba'a (The Transcendent Wisdom in the Four Intellectual Journeys), [ = al-Asfār "The Four Journeys"]  ed. R. Lutfi et al., Tehran and Qum: Shirkat Dar al-Ma'arif al-Islamiyyah, 9 vols. 1958-69?.
  • al-Ḥikma al-muta'āliya fi-'l-asfar al-'aqliyya al-arba'a vol. 1, 2nd printing, with introduction by Muhammad Rida al-Muzaffar, Qumm: Shirkat Dar al-Ma'arif al-Islamiyyah, 1967.
  • al-Ḥikma al-muta'āliya fi-'l-asfār al-'aqliyya al-arba'a,  ed. By Muhammad Riḍā al-Muzaffar, 9 vols. Beirut: Dār Iḥyā’ al-Turāth al-’Arabī, 3rd printing, [1401] 1981. *

Rahman, Fazlur,

  • `al-Asfar al-Arba`a (The Four Journeys)'  E. Yarshater (ed.)  EIr. [Encyclopedia  Iranica] vol. 2 pp. 744-747.

al-Hikma al-'arshiyya (The Wisdom of the Throne)

  • al-Hikma al-'arshiyya (The Wisdom of the Throne), ed. with Persian paraphrase by G.R. Ahani, Isfahan, 1962

  • Trans. and intro. J.W. Morris, The Wisdom of the Throne: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mulla Sadra, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1982.

Shaykh Aḥmad al-Ahsā'ī

  • شرح الكتاب الحكمة العرشية
    Sharḥ al-kitāb al-ḥikma al-`arshiyya ("Commentary upon the Book of the Wisdom of the Throne"). Lithograph 1st ed. in 2 vols. Vol.1 [Tabriz: ADD] 1271/ 1854-5 and vol.2 [Tabriz: ADD, 1278-9/1861-2.
     This work is a commentary by Shaykh Aḥmad upon the Kitāb al-ḥikma al-`arshiyya ("The Book of the Wisdom of the Throne") by Muhammad Sadra al-Dīn Muhammad b. Ibrahim al-Shirazi, known as Mullā Muhammadadrā (d. 1050/1640). This 100 or so page work of Mullā Muhammadadrā with the title Kitāb al-`arshiyya (The Book of the Throne) has recently, in 1429/2000 (1st printing) been printed in Beirut by the Mu'asassa al-Tārīkh al-`Arabiyya ("The Arab History Estate"). Earlier editions include, Mullā Muhammadadrā , al-Ḥikma al-`arshiyya on pp. 110-214 of the composite Mulla Sadra lithograph of 1315/1897-8 (also includes the Mashā'ir + other commentaries).

A useful approach to this work is the English volume of James W. Morris (trans.), The Wisdom of the Throne, An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mulla Sadra. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1981. Aside from containing an excellent introduction to the work of Mullā Muhammadadrā and to his Kitāb al-`Arshiyya, this volume provides an annotated translation of the Kitāb al-`arshiyya  with occasional comments upon Shaykh Aḥmad's critique (esp. pp.47f; 126n.67). Morris' translation is based upon Ghulām Riḍā Āhānī's Arabic edition of the al-Ḥikma al-`arshiyya (with Persian paraphrase, Isfahan, 1341 Sh./ 1962, pp. 218-288) occasionally corrected on the basis of reference to the lithograph edition of Shaykh Aḥmad's commentary upon the `Arshiyya (lithographed in 1278/1861, see above).

  • شرح العرشية   later editions.

A 2nd (3rd?) edition of Shaykh Ahmad's commentary in two volumes entitled Sharḥ al-`Arshiyya was printed at the Shaykhī press in Kerman: Kirmān: Maṭba`at al-Sa`ada, vol.1 1361 Sh / 1983 and vol. 2 1363/1985. In this second edition volume 1 has 5 indexes spanning eighty pages and the commentary from p.2 until p. 332 (K-`Arshiyya), while volume 2 again has several indexes and the commentary on pp. 4-335 (K-`Arshiyya). Some glosses on Shaykh Ahmad's commentary by Karim Khan Kirmani are also printed (in vol.2 = pp. 336-367). This 2nd (?) edition of Shaykh Ahmad's commentary in 3 vols. [sic. ?] entitled Sharḥ al-`Arshiyya fi al-mabda` wa'l-ma`ad is said to have been printed at the Shaykhī press : Kerman: Matba`at al-Sa`ada, in 1405-6/ 1985-6 (so Ihqaqi, al-Tahqiq, 261).
Note also

  • Moris, Zailan. Revelation, Intellectual Intuition and Reason in the Philosophy of Mulla Sadra: An Analysis of the Al-Hikmah Al-'Arshiyyah. Rep. Routledge: October 2003.
    "An examination and analysis of the legitimacy of the widely-held claim that Mulla Sadra's philosophy is a synthesis of principles and doctrines drawn from revelation, gnosis and discursive philosophy. It demonstrates how Mulla Sadra achieves this synthesis in his "Wisdom from the Divine Throne". Pbk

Kitāb al-mashā'ir (The Book of the  Metaphysical Insights)

  • Kitab al-masha'ir (The Book of Metaphysical Penetrations), ed., trans. and intro. by H. Corbin, Le livre des pénétrations métaphysiques, Paris: Départment d'Iranologie de l'Institut Franco-Iranien de Recherche, and Tehran: Librairie d'Amerique et d'Orient Adrien-Maisonneuve, Bibliothèque Iranienne vol. 10, 1964 + 1982 + French portion re-edited Lagrasse: Verdier, 1988; ed. and trans. P. Morewedge, The Metaphysics of Mulla Sadra, New York: Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy and Science, 1992.

  • Kitāb al-mashā'ir. ed. and trans. Henri Corbin, Live des pénétrationes Métaphysiques. Tehran + Paris, 1964; also rep. 1982 = Tehran: Institut Francais d'Iranologie de Tehran [1968] + Paris: Librarie d'Amérique et d'Orient, A. Maisonneuve, rep. 1982 Kitāb-khānih: Tahūrī (= Bibliotheque Iranienne, Vol. 10). Contents in 1982 repr. = Ar. section, K. Mashā`ir pp. 1-81; Per. trans. pp.84-220; French section. I. Intro. Biog. of Mullā Muhammadadrā, 1-26; Ch. II = Bibiographical essay re: Mullā Muhammadadrā, pp. 27-41. Ch. III = Kitāb al-Mashā`ir, +Ar. and Per. commentaries, pp.42-52 includes refs. to Shaykh Aḥmad's comm, pp. 47-50. etc. Corbin's French trans + notes, spans pp.87-242. The French index records extensive refs. to Shaykh Aḥmad's comm (for the list see p. 243).

  • Molla Sadra Shirazi, Le Live des Pénétrationes Métaphysiques (Kitāb al-Mashā`ir) Ed. + trans.etc. Henri Corbin. Editiones Verdier, 1988 (ISBN 2-86432-070-3). The above volume is a reprint of the 1964 French introduction (pp.1-78) and translation (pp. 81-164) with extensive notes (pp.166-234) + index (pp. 235-232), etc..
  • Lahijani, M. J., Commentary on the Recital of Mashā`ir. ed. + notes, J. Ashtiyani (Mashhad, 1965).
  • 1992 Parwiz Morewedge (trans.), The Metaphysics of Mulla Sadra. Kitāb al-Mashā`ir, The Book of [Metaphysical] Prehensions (Islamic Philosophy Translation Series = ISPTS) The Institute for Cultural Studies, Tehran Iran. Sponsors = The Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy and Science [SSIPS]. New York, 1992 (ISBN 0-9633277-1-2). This is a translation from the Corbin edition (with occasional corrections and notes); the Arabic and its English translation face each other from page 1-88 (Ar.+ Eng. beginning). Notes are included from p.89ff.
  • Muhammad Sadra al-Dīn Muhammad al-Shirazi, Mullā Muhammadadrā Shirazi, Kitāb al-Mashā`ir . Introd. Henry Corbin (Arabic trans.). Beirut: The Arabic History Est. / Mu`assat al-Tarikh al-`Arabi. 1420/2000. 128pp. (incl. introd. and index).

Tafsir writings

  • Tafsīr Sadra, Shľrazi  [= Tafsīr al-Fātiha; Tafsīr al-Baqara; Tafsīr Āyat al-Kursī] Lithograph  ADD      1322 [1914].
  • Tafsīr  al-Qur'an al-Karim. ed. Muhammad Khājavī,  7 vols. Qumm: Intishārāt Baydār, n.d. [199?].*
  • Asrār al-āyat, edited with prolegomena and notes by Muhammad Khājavī Tehran : ADD ,  1360/ 1981.
  • Tafsīr Sūrat al-Wāqi'a (=Q. 56), n.p. n.d.
  • Tafsir Sūrah-yi Wāqi'a (=Q. 56),  ed. and Persian trans. Muhammad Khājavī , Tehran: Intisharat Mawla, 1363/ 1984 + 2nd ed. 1377=1419/1998. *
  • Tafsir Sūrahha-yi Ṭāriq [Q.    ] va A`la [Q.    ]va Zalzal [Q.   ].. Ed. and Persian trans. Muhammad Khājavī , Tehran: Intisharat Mawla, 1363/ 1984 + 2nd ed. 1377=1419/1998 *
  • Tafsir Āyah-yi Nūr [Q. 24:35]. Ed and Persian trans. Muhammad Khājavī , Tehran: Intisharat Mawla, 1362/1983 + 2nd ed. 1377=1419/1998. *
  • Tafsir Sūrah-yi Jam`ah.  Ed and Persian trans. Muhammad Khājavī , Tehran: Intisharat Mawla, 1363/1984 = 1404/1983 *
  • Mutashābihāt al-Qur'ãn in idem, Three treatises... Ed. with an introduction and notes by Sayyid Jalāl al-Dīn Āshtiyānī, English preface by Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Mashhad 1392/ 1973, pp. 75-121.
  • Majmū`a Rasā'il Falsafī Ṣadr al-Mutā'alihīn.  This compilation contains two Tafsir works of Mulla Sadra: Tafsir Surat al-Tawhid I (Item 15 pp.393-439) and Tafsir Surat al-Tawhid II (Item 16 pp.441-449).
  • Asrar al-Ayat (The Mysteries of the Qur'anic Verses). Persian trans and annotation Muhammad Khājavī  (= Cultural Studies Research Institute, The Islamic Iranian Academy of Philosophy Pub. No. 533), Mu`asassah-yi Muta`aliat  va Tahqiqat FarhangiTehran: Intisharat Mawla, 1363=1405/ 1984 *
  • Risalah-yi ḥuduth al-`ālam ya Kitab-i Afrinish-i Jihan. Ed and Persian trans. Muhammad Khājavī , Tehran: Intisharat Mawla, 1363/1405 + 2nd ed. 1377=1419/1998. *
  • Risalah-yi ḥash.  ed and Persian trans. Muhammad Khājavī , Tehran: Intisharat Mawla, 1363/XXXX * + 2nd ed. 1377=1419/1998*
  • Lawāmi` al-`ārifin fi aḥwāl Ṣadr al-mutā'lihīn... (Mullā Sadrā), Muhammad Khājavī , Tehran: Intisharat Mawla, 1366=1408 /1987*
  • Majmu`ah-yi Afsh`ār-i Faylasuf-i Kabir Ṣadr al-Din Shirazi  (Mulla Sadra). ed. and introd. Muhammad Khājavī , Tehran: Intisharat Mawla, 1376/1418. * A Compilation of Persian Poetry of Mulla Sadra.
  • Risalah-yi sih aṣl taṣnif Sadr al-Din, Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Shirazi (Mulla Sadra).  introd. Dr. Sayyid Hosseyn Nasr + ed. Muhammad Riḍā Jawzī, Tehran: Intisharat -i Ruzhah , 1377/1998. *.  Includes a Mathnavi of Mulla Sadra (pp. 117-132) and some Quatrains (pp. 133-4).

 

al-Shawāhid al-rubūbiyya ("Divine Witnesses)

  • al-Shawāhid al-rubūbiyya ("Divine Witnesses) Ṣadr al-Din Shirazi  (Mulla Sadra) with the complete glosses of Hajji Mulla Hadi Sabzawari, Ed with Introduction and Notes by Seyyed Jalal al-Din Āshtiyānī (Professor of the Faculty of Theology), Meshed University Press, 1st ed. Mashad: Intisharat Daneshgah Mashad, 1346 Sh./ 1967+ 2nd ed. 1360/1981. + Chapkhanih Daneshgah Meshad...    832pp.  

  • al-Shawahid al-rububiyyah fi manahij al-sulukiyyah, ed. by Sayyid Jalal al-Din Ashtiyani in 2 volumes together with Sabziwari’s commentary. Mashhad, 2nd edition, 1981      

Other Books

  • Tarjana Mafātīḥ al-ghayb ed and Persian trans. Muhammad Khājavī , Tehran: Intisharat Mawla, 1363=1404/1983.+1371/1414/1992. (1099pp.)

  • al-Maẓāhir al-ilāhiyyah fi asrār al-‘ulum al-kamaliyyah, ed. by Sayyid Muhammad Khamanei . Tehran: Bunyad-i Hikmat-i Islami-yi Sadra, 1378/ 1999.

 

GENERAL SADR AL-DIN  SHIRAZI

Henri, Corbin

  • `Le Thème de la résurrection chez Mollâ Sadra Shirazi (1050/1640) commentateur de Suhrawardi (586/1191)' in Studies in Mysticism and Religion Presented to Gershom G. Scholem (Jerusalem, 1967), pp. 71-115.

  • `Mollâ Sadra Shirazi' in En Islam iranien, (Paris, 1972), Vol. IV, pp. 52-122.

Izutsu,  Toshihiko

  •  1971  The Concept and Reality of Existence, Studies in the Humanities and Social Relations 13, Tokyo: Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies.

Nasr, S.H.

  • 1978. Sadr al-Din Shirazi and His Transcendent Theosophy: Background, Life and Works, Tehran: Imperial Academy of Philosophy (Publication No. 29), 1978.

  • 1996  'Mulla Sadra: His Teachings', in S.H. Nasr and O. Leaman (eds) History of Islamic Philosophy, London: Routledge, 643-52.

  • "Mulla Sadra: His Teachings” in A History of Islamic Philosophy ed. by S. H. Nasr and O. Leaman (London: Routledge, 1996), Vol. I, pp. 643-662.

  • “Mulla Sadra as a Source For the History of Islamic Philosophy” Islamic Studies, 3:3 (1964), 309-314.

  • “Mulla Sadra” The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Paul Edwards (Editor in chief), Vol.5 (New York: The Macmillan Company and The Free Press, 1967), pp. 411-413.

  • (ed.) Mulla Sadra Commemoration Volume Tehran, 1380/1960.

  • “Sadr al-Din al-Shirazi (Mulla Sadra)” in A History of Muslim Philosophy, ed. M. M. Sharif, (Wiesbaden: 1962).

  • `The Metaphysica of Sadr al-Din al-Shirazi and Islamic Philosophy in Qajar Iran' in E. Bosworth and R. Hillenbrand (eds.) Qajar Iran: Studies Presented to Professor L.P. Elwell Sutton (Edinburgh, 1983)  pp. 177-198. 

Rahman, F. (1975)

  • The Philosophy of Mulla Sadr (Sadr al-Din al-Shirazi), Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.  1975.

  • ‘Mulla Sadra’ (Eliade ed.) The Encyclopedia of Religion, Vol. 10  (New York: 1987), 149-153.

  • Mir Damad’s Concept of Huduth Dahri: A Contribution to the Study of God-World Relationship Theories in Safavid Iran’ Near Eastern Studies 39 (1980) 139-151.

  • 'Essence and Existence in Avicenna' Mediaeval and Renaissance Studies, IV (1958), 1-16

Ziai, H.

  • 1996  'Mulla Sadra: His Life and Works', in S.H. Nasr and O. Leaman (eds) History of Islamic Philosophy, London: Routledge, 635-42.

Ja`far Subhani Tabrizi, 

  • Hastī Shināsī dar Maktab-i Sadr-i Muta'alihin (Ontology in Sadr al-Din Shirazi's school). Tehran: Kitābkhānah-yi Millī-yi Iran   (= Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies) 1398/ 1977 + 2nd ed. 1400/1979.. *

 Nādir Ibrahimi

  • Mardi dar ta'yyid abadī bar asās-i dustān-i zindagi-yi Mullā Sadra-yi Shirazi...  , Tehran: Karim Khan Zand, 1375/1996.*