商品簡介
One of the most prominent Muslim scholars And scientists of the medieval era, Nasir al-Din Tusi (1201-1274) joined the Shi'i Nizari Ismaili community at an early age, soon after completing his education. In the course of his long and distinguished career, first under the patronage of the Ismailis at their fortresses in Persia and subsequently with the conquering Mongols, he produced over 150 works on a variety of subjects, from theology and philosophy to mathematics and astronomy. His principal works on Nizari Ismaili doctrine, the Rawda-yi taslim (Paradise of Submission) and the autobiographical Sayr wa sultik (Contemplation and Action), are already available in English translation by S.J. Badakhchani, who in this volume brings together new critical editions and translations of three shorter Ismaili works by Tusi, namely Tawalla wa tabarra (Solidarity and Dissociation), Matlub al-mu'minin (Desideratum of the Faithful) and Aghaz wa anjam (Origin and Destination). In these three treatises, Tusi provides concise interpretations of key motifs in Ismaili doctrine, with special reference to the primordial nature of man, his earthly existence in relation to the Imam, and his destiny in the hereafter.
作者簡介
S.J. Badakhchani is a Research Associate at The Institute of Ismaili Studies in London, having obtained his doctorate in Islamic Philosophy at the University of Oxford in 1989. His previous publications, apart from a number of journal articles, include Contemplation and Action, a new Persian edition and English translation of Nasir al-Din Tusi's Sayr wa suluk (London, 1998), and Paradise of Submission, a new Persian edition and English translation of Nasir al-Din Tusi's Rawdayi taslim (London, 2005). He is currently working on a 12th-century collection of poetry known as Diwan-i Qa'lmiyyat by Hasan-i Mahmud-i Katib.
