Al-ʿAllāmah Muḥammad Ḥusayn Ṭabāṭabāʾī was one of the most prominent thinkers of philosophy and contemporary Shia Islam, influencing the fathers of the 1979 Islamic Revolution such as Motahhari and Beheshti. He is famous for Tafsir al-Mizan, a twenty-seven-volume work of Quranic exegesis, which he worked on from 1954 until 1972. He studied gnosis, mathematics, jurisprudence and Ali ibn Sina's "Book of Healing" at Najaf, Iraq.
سید محمدحسین طباطبایی (زاده ۱۲۸۱ تبریز - درگذشته ۲۴ آبان ۱۳۶۰ قم) معروفبه علامه طباطبایی روحانی، عارف، فیلسوف و نویسنده ایرانی بود. وی از مجتهدان شیعه و از برترین مدرسان حوزه علمیه قم به شمار میآمد، که از شاگردان وی میتوان به مرتضی مطهری، عبدالله جوادی آملی، محمدتقی مصباح یزدی، حسن حسن زاده آملی، سید محمد بهشتی، سیدعلی خامنهای، سید جلال الدین آشتیانی، هادی خسروشاهی، مرتضی تهرانی، محمد مفتح، احمد احمدی، علی قدوسی، محمدرضا مهدوی کنی، غلامحسین ابراهیمی دینانی، علی احمدی میانجی، سید عزالدین حسینی زنجانی، محمد محمدی گیلانی، سید موسی صدر، سید محمد علی قاضی طباطبایی،علی سعادت پرور و جعفر سبحانی اشاره کرد.
تفسیر المیزان، نهایةالحکمة، رسالة الولایه، شیعه در اسلام، حاشیه بر اسفار صدرالدین شیرازی و اصول فلسفه و روش رئالیسم بخشی از مهمترین آثار اوست.
This is a comprehensive book explaining various aspects of Islamic mysticism in a short and understandable manner. The frequent references to Quranic verses, hadith, and poetry made the read very enjoyable.
I first read this during a course on Sufism taught by Dr. Faghfoory, the translator. I recommend it to someone with a decent intellectual grounding in Islamic religion, including Sufism. I think that the Shiite-inflected content of the work makes is unique but also challenging for someone who is not moderately read in the field.
One note: there are some typographical errors in the text, including incorrectly numbered Quranic citations and a couple of instances in which passages presented in-text in Farsi or Arabic are incomplete (though their translations into English appear complete). A casual reader would not notice these oversights. However, upon this rereading I wanted to refer to the complete Quranic verses for more context, and the incorrect citations kept me going back to searchable Arabic editions of The Final Call.
I think a work like this is primed for such oversights in editing, given its provenance (seemingly transcribed lecture notes) and the number of pairs of hands that worked on it. A determined researcher will not be deterred by minor editing foibles (though will surely notice them).
أصل هذه الرسالة هي أوّل دورة من الدروس الاخلاقيّة والعرفانيّة للعلاّمة المفسّر العارف السيد محمد حسين الطباطبائي، وقد حرّرها السيد محمد حسين الطهراني كتقريرات لدروسه، مع تنقيحات وإضافات لسماحته.
يتعرض الكتاب إلى كيفيّة السير والسلوك إلى الله بشكل إجماليّ، وتفصيلي، وشرح تفصيليّ للعوالم الأثنا عشر المقدّمة على عالم الخلوص، وطرح مباحث من قبيل الشروط اللازمة للسلوك، مراتب المراقبة، لزوم الاُستاذ، والطرق المختلفة لنفي الخواطر؛ وذلك بأُسلوبٍ جامع.
*رأيي في الكتاب:* رسالة جميلة في السير والسلوك إلى الله، تنير الطريق لطالبي الحق، والسالكين إلى الله.
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I can only assume that this book has a high review because it's written by a known religious scholar and not due to its content. The content consists mostly of unsupported opinions and unjustified conjectures. If an unknown author had written this book, people would either not read it or would be much more critical of it. I do not recommend this book to analytical readers or anyone who demands propositions to be sufficiently justified.
This book provides supportive and descriptive definitions of mystic terminology and concepts through the use of Qur'anic verses, narrations, and deductive logic. It is not intended to chronicle the history or development of the stages discussed. It was from the experiential viewpoint of the author that the work was produced, including a lineal trace to the earlier teachers.