al-Mabda’ wa’l-ma‘ad
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al-Mabda’ wa’l-ma‘ad is a major philosophical work by Mulla Sadra that systematically explores the metaphysical principles of origin and return in Islamic thought.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic philosophical text
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Safavid-era Iran
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Shiraz school of philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Mulla Sadra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dealsWith |
afterlife
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causality ⓘ creation ⓘ divine attributes ⓘ relationship between God and world ⓘ resurrection ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| developsConcept |
gradation of existence
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primacy of existence ⓘ substantial motion ⓘ unity of being ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
origin of beings
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principle of origin (al-mabda’) ⓘ principle of return (al-ma‘ad) NERFINISHED ⓘ return of beings ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ibn Arabi
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Ibn Sina NERFINISHED ⓘ Qur’an NERFINISHED ⓘ Suhrawardi NERFINISHED ⓘ hadith literature ⓘ |
| integrates |
Illuminationist philosophy
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Peripatetic philosophy ⓘ Qur’anic exegesis ⓘ Shi‘i theology ⓘ Sufi metaphysics ⓘ |
| mainLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of Mulla Sadra’s major works NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalAim | systematic exposition of origin and return ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Sadrian philosophy ⓘ |
| regionOfReception |
Iran
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Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ broader Islamic world ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
al-Asfar al-arba‘a
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al-Shawahid al-rububiyyah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
cosmology
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eschatology ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ ontology ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Safavid period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tradition |
Islamic philosophy
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Transcendent Theosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn | seminary curricula in Shi‘i centers ⓘ |
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