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Command and Creation: A Shi'i Cosmological Treatise - A Persian edition and English translation of Muhammad al-Shahrastani's Majlis-i maktub (Paperback) Loot Price: R699
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Command and Creation: A Shi'i Cosmological Treatise - A Persian edition and English translation of Muhammad al-Shahrastani's Majlis-i maktub (Paperback)

Daryoush Mohammad Poor

Series: Ismaili Texts and Translations

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Among the considerable oeuvre of Muhammad al-Shahrastani (1086-1153), the prominent Persian theologian and heresiographer, the Majlis-i maktub ('The Transcribed Sermon') is his only known work in Persian. First delivered as a sermon in Khwarazm in Central Asia, this treatise invokes the theme of creation and command, providing an esoteric cosmological narrative where faith, revelation, prophecy and the spiritual authority of the Household of the Prophet are interwoven. The Majlis-i maktub further discusses themes such as the evolution of religious law (shari'at) and its culmination in the qiyamat (resurrection), the relation between free will and predestination, the interplay between the exoteric and esoteric aspects of faith, and the role and function of the Shi?i Imams in the cosmological narrative. This treatise is arguably the most dense expression of al-Shahrastani's thought, and it demonstrably indicates the Ismaili inclination of this Muslim scholar who has usually been regarded as a Shafi'i-Ash'ari. Daryoush Mohammad Poor's comparative study of this treatise and the corpus of Nizari Ismaili literature from the Alamut period (1090-1256) reveals the massive impact of al-Shahrastani's thought on every aspect of the doctrines of Nizari Ismailis.

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Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Ismaili Texts and Translations
Release date: February 2021
Authors: Daryoush Mohammad Poor (Senior Research Associate)
Dimensions: 216 x 138 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 978-0-7556-0297-1
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Translation & interpretation > General
Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Islam
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Islamic studies
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Theology > General
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Theology > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Islam
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LSN: 0-7556-0297-8
Barcode: 9780755602971

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