
		
		The 
				Lote Tree and Sidrat al-Muntahā in the early Shaykhism.
		
			
				
			
		
		 
		IN PROGRESS 2009-10
		
		
		
		
		The 
		Sidrah-Sidrat al-Muntaha in Early  Shaykhi Tafsir and other early Shaykhi writings.
		
		
		
		Early Shaykhi Tafsir 
				and related  sources
 
		Shaykh Ahmad 
		al-Ahsa'i (d. XXXX/1826). 
		
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		The great Shi`i sage and philosopher Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsā'ī  
		(d. 1826) (JK. Vol.1/ii, 31) like many other Qur'ān  
				commentators  located the Sidrat al-Muntaha in the "seventh" heaven near  or to the right-side of the heavenly "Throne"
		(`arsh) 
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		Sayyid Kāẓim 
	Rashtī (d. 1259/1843). 
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