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MirʾÄt al-akwÄn
TaḥrÄ«r-i Sharḥ-i HidÄya-yi MullÄ á¹¢adrÄ ShÄ«rÄzÄ«
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Aḥmad ḤusaynÄ« ArdakÄnÄ«âs (d. 1242/1826â7) MirʾÄt al-akwÄn is a Persian adaptation of á¹¢adr al-DÄ«n ShÄ«rÄzÄ«âs (d. 1050/1640) Sharḥ al-HidÄya, a commentary on AthÄ«r al-DÄ«n al-AbharÄ«âs (d. ca 663/1264) seminal philosophical summa the HidÄyat al-ḥikma. The HidÄya has been of tremendous influence in the Islamic world, producing a huge commentary tradition. á¹¢adr al-DÄ«n ShÄ«rÄzÄ«âs commentary yielded its own series of glosses and commentaries, and in India it even became a foundational text in the madrasas. ArdakÄnÄ« is mostly known as a translator of religious and philosophical works. He wrote the present adaptation at the request of Muḥammad WalÄ« MÄ«rzÄ (d. 1285/1869), a son of Fatḥ Ê¿AlÄ« ShÄh QÄjÄr (d. 1249/1834). The MirʾÄt al-akwÄn covers just the physics and the metaphysics, leaving out the logic after the example of ShÄ«rÄzÄ«. The metaphysics part being lost, the editor added the section on metaphysics of ArdakÄnÄ«âs translation of ShÄ«rÄzÄ«âs al-Mabdaʾ wal-maÊ¿Äd, published earlier by him.