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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instanceOf Islamic philosophical text
philosophical work
associatedWith Safavid-era Iran NERFINISHED
Shiraz school of philosophy NERFINISHED
author Mulla Sadra NERFINISHED
dealsWith afterlife
causality
creation
divine attributes
relationship between God and world
resurrection
soul
developsConcept gradation of existence
primacy of existence
substantial motion
unity of being
focusesOn origin of beings
principle of origin (al-mabda’)
principle of return (al-ma‘ad) NERFINISHED
return of beings
influencedBy Ibn Arabi NERFINISHED
Ibn Sina NERFINISHED
Qur’an NERFINISHED
Suhrawardi NERFINISHED
hadith literature
integrates Illuminationist philosophy
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 NERFINISHED
Iraq NERFINISHED
broader Islamic world
relatedWork al-Asfar al-arba‘a NERFINISHED
al-Shawahid al-rububiyyah NERFINISHED
subject cosmology
eschatology
metaphysics
ontology
theology
timePeriod Safavid period NERFINISHED
tradition Islamic philosophy
Transcendent Theosophy NERFINISHED
usedIn seminary curricula in Shi‘i centers

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Mulla Sadra notableWork al-Mabda’ wa’l-ma‘ad