Islamic Philosophical Doctrines

Components of Āqā Nūr al‑Dīn al‑ʿirāqī’s Anthropology and Its Brief Application to the Foundations of Transcendent Wisdom: An Analytical‑Theoretical Rereading

Saeed Famil Dardashty; Mehrdad Hasanbeygi

Volume 20, Issue 37 , December 2025, , Pages 179-208

https://doi.org/10.30513/ipd.2025.7692.1667

Abstract

Sayyid Nūr al-Dīn Arākī, known as Āqā Nūr al-Dīn al-ʿirāqī, is regarded as a prominent contemporary scholar. Despite his complete mastery in the fields of jurisprudence (Fiqh), ... Read More Sayyid Nūr al-Dīn Arākī, known as Āqā Nūr al-Dīn al-ʿirāqī, is regarded as a prominent contemporary scholar. Despite his complete mastery in the fields of jurisprudence (Fiqh), principles of jurisprudence (ʾUṣūl), and Qurʾānic exegesis (Tafsīr), he is also considered an authority in the rational sciences. In this research, the authors employ a descriptive‑analytical method to extract and explain the opinions and theories of this prominent figure in the field of anthropology, and to briefly apply these theories to the foundations of Transcendent Wisdom (al‑Ḥikmah al‑Mutaʿāliyah). Among the most important components of al-ʿirāqī’s anthropology are: belief in the sacred as the criterion of human rationality; human existence as a microcosm corresponding to the existence of the macrocosm; the human soul as a mobile and evolving reality; the elemental body and the super‑soul as the two lower and higher levels of the human soul; reaching God as the ultimate goal and perfection of the human soul; harmony between human action and existential form; faith as the main factor in the strength and perfection of the human soul; and the removal of egoism as the wisdom behind establishing religious rituals. The brief application of these components to the foundations of Transcendent Wisdom shows that they are applicable to and interpretable through certain fundamental principles of Transcendent Wisdom, such as the eternal necessity and infinity of God, God and His manifestations being the totality of perfection, the substantial motion of the soul, the unity of the soul and the body, the union of knowledge, the knower, and the known, and the reciprocal relation of states between the soul and the body. The purpose of this application is to explain the use that al-ʿirāqī, as a prominent jurist and exegete, has made of the capacities of Transcendent Wisdom – an explanation that itself bears witness to the sublimity of Ṣadrian wisdom, enriched by its religious and Qurʾānic character.

Analytical Re-examining of the Components and Strategies of the Spiritual System of Mirzā Jawād Maleki Tabrizi and its Compatibility with Philosophical and Logical Principles

Saeed Famil Dardashty; Mehrdad Hasanbaygi

Volume 18, Issue 33 , December 2023, , Pages 223-249

https://doi.org/10.30513/ipd.2024.5736.1492

Abstract

The Islamic mystical space, especially in its practical dimension, is always intertwined with instructions and models provided by the mystics for the seekers on the path to achieve ... Read More

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Author = Hasanbeygi, Mehrdad

Components of Āqā Nūr al‑Dīn al‑ʿirāqī’s Anthropology and Its Brief Application to the Foundations of Transcendent Wisdom: An Analytical‑Theoretical Rereading

Abstract

Analytical Re-examining of the Components and Strategies of the Spiritual System of Mirzā Jawād Maleki Tabrizi and its Compatibility with Philosophical and Logical Principles

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