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Opposition to Philosophy in Safavid Iran
Mulla Muḥammad-ṬÄhir Qummiâs Ḥikmat al-Ê¿ÄrifÄ«n
Series: - Islamicate Intellectual History, Volume: 3
In Opposition to Philosophy in Safavid Iran, Ata Anzali and S. M. Hadi Gerami offer a critical edition of a hitherto unpublished manuscript that is arguably the most erudite and extensive polemical work against philosophy and philosophical mysticism from the Safavid period. The introduction offers an extensive and in-depth analysis of the status of philosophy in the late Safavid period, placing Mulla Muhammad-Tahir Qummiâs (d. 1689) work in the broader context of the relevant cultural and intellectual developments of his time.
The content of Hikmat al-âarifin itself is divided between a refutation of many traditional philosophical arguments about the nature of God and His attributes and, more importantly for those interested in Safavid intellectual history, attacks on Mulla Sadra and his students for synthesizing fundamental elements Ibn âArabiâs thought into the framework of traditional philosophical discourse.
The content of Hikmat al-âarifin itself is divided between a refutation of many traditional philosophical arguments about the nature of God and His attributes and, more importantly for those interested in Safavid intellectual history, attacks on Mulla Sadra and his students for synthesizing fundamental elements Ibn âArabiâs thought into the framework of traditional philosophical discourse.
Ata Anzali, Ph.D. (2012), Rice University, is Assistant Professor of Religion at Middlebury College. He is the author of Mysticism in Iran: The Safavid Roots of a Modern Concept (University of South Carolina, 2017).
S. M. Hadi Gerami, Ph.D. (2016), Imam Sadiq University, is Assistant Professor of Islamic and Qur'anic Studies at the Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran. He is the author of The Earliest Shiâi doctrinal interactions: Revisiting the Concept of âghuluwwâ in Early Shiâi Networks (ISU University Press, 2012).
S. M. Hadi Gerami, Ph.D. (2016), Imam Sadiq University, is Assistant Professor of Islamic and Qur'anic Studies at the Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran. He is the author of The Earliest Shiâi doctrinal interactions: Revisiting the Concept of âghuluwwâ in Early Shiâi Networks (ISU University Press, 2012).
âThe quality of editing of the Arabic text, by Muhammad Hadi Gerami, is to be praised. He has done a tremendous amount of work to make the text accessible to a wider readership. The indexes are prepared meticulously and facilitate use of the edited text. All in all, Geramiâs edition of Ḥikmat al-Ê¿ÄrifÄ«n is a major contribution to the history of intellectual and political life in Safavid Iran.â Kioumars Ghereghlou, in the Journal of the American Oriental Society 140/2 (2020)
Note on Transliteration
Editorsâ Introduction
âPhilosophy and Philosophers: Hapless Victims or Elite Contenders?
âMuḥammad-ṬÄhir QummÄ«
âHikmat al-Ê¿ÄrifÄ«n
âThe Critical Edition
Bibliography
Plates
Critical Edition of Hikmat al-Ê¿ÄrifÄ«n
Editorsâ Introduction
âPhilosophy and Philosophers: Hapless Victims or Elite Contenders?
âMuḥammad-ṬÄhir QummÄ«
âHikmat al-Ê¿ÄrifÄ«n
âThe Critical Edition
Bibliography
Plates
Critical Edition of Hikmat al-Ê¿ÄrifÄ«n
All interested in the intellectual and religious history of the Safavid period, and anyone concerned with Islamic philosophy and Sufism.