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Hajji Hadi Sabzevari

 
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(born 1797/98, Sabzevar, Iran — died 1878, Sabzevar) Iranian philosopher and religious scholar. In his native city he founded a school that attracted students of philosophy from all over the Muslim world. His two main philosophical works, The Secrets of Wisdom and A Treatise on Logic in Verse, in which he advanced the hikmah (wisdom) school of thought, are still studied in Iran. He lived a devoutly religious and ascetic life and is said to have performed miracles.

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Hajji Hadi Sabzevari (1797/98, Sabzevar, Iran – 1878, Sabzevar, Iran) was a famous scholar and teacher in the hikmah school of Islamic philosophy. He wrote on the subjects of gnosis, philosophy, and revelation to further the works of Mulla Sadra.

Raisied in the center for Shia and Sufi studies, Sabzevar, he went on to be educated in Mashhad, and in Eşfahān where he would encounter the teachings about hikmat. He returned to his city to found a religious school (madrassa) which more than one thousand people would graduate from during his lifetime.

Bibliography

  • Asrar al-hikmah (The Secrets of Wisdom)
  • Sharh manzumah (A Treatise on Logic in Verse)

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