Mohammed Rustom 
The Triumph of Mercy [EPUB ebook] 
Philosophy and Scripture in Mullā Ṣadrā

Winner of the 21st International Book of the Year Prize in Iran



This book investigates the convergence of philosophy, scriptural exegesis, and mysticism in the thought of the celebrated Islamic philosopher Mullā Ṣadrā (d. 1050/1640). Through a careful presentation of the theoretical and practical dimensions of Ṣadrā’s Qur’ānic hermeneutics, Mohammed Rustom highlights the manner in which Ṣadrā offers a penetrating metaphysical commentary upon the Fātiḥa, the chapter of the Qur’ān that occupies central importance in Muslim daily life. Engaging such medieval intellectual giants as Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d. 606/1210) and Ibn ‘Arabī (d. 638/1240) on the one hand, and the wider disciplines of philosophy, theology, Sufism, and Qur’ānic exegesis on the other, Ṣadrā’s commentary upon the Fātiḥa provides him with the opportunity to modify and recast many of his philosophical positions within a scripture-based framework. He thereby reveals himself to be a profound religious thinker who, among other things, argues for the salvation of all human beings in the afterlife.

Cuprins

Acknowledgments

Transliterations and Abbreviations



Introduction



1. Qur’ānic Hermeneutics



Lord of the Heart

Etiquette and Understanding

Concept and Reality

The Command’s Decent

The Soul’s Ascent



2. Formal Considerations



Texts and Sources

Structure and Content



3. Metaphysics



The Essence

Names and their Loci



4. Cosmology



The Act of Praise

The Muhammadan Reality



5. Theology



From Outer to Inner

Idols of Belief

The Religion of the Perfect Man



6. Soteriology I



The Nature of Things

The Essential and the Accidental



7. Soteriology II



Paths to Mercy

Divine Hands and Feet

Intellectual and Scriptural Fidelity

Revealing and Concealing

Chastisement’s Sweetness





Conclusion



Appendix 1: Some Key Texts from the
Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb

Appendix 2: Key Texts from the
Tafsīr Sūrat al-Fātiḥa

Appendix 3: Passages from the
Futūḥāt Reworked into the
Tafsīr Sūrat al-Fātiḥa



Notes



Bibliography



Index of Qur’ānic Passages

Index of Ḥadīths and Sayings

Index of Names and Terms

Despre autor

Mohammed Rustom is Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies at Carleton University. He is the coeditor (with Atif Khalil and Kazuyo Murata) of
In Search of the Lost Heart: Explorations in Islamic Thought by William C. Chittick, also published by SUNY Press.