Mulla Muhammad Mahdi Naraqi

Mulla Muhammad Mahdi Naraqi
Religion Islam, Shia
Other names Mahdi Naraqi
Personal
Born 1715
Naraq, Iran
Died 1795
Najaf, Iraq
Senior posting
Based in Markazi, Iran
Title Mullah
Period in office 1715-1795

Mulla Muhammad Mahdi Naraqi (Persian: ملا محمد مهدی نراقی‎‎) (1715-1795) was one of the Shia philosopher and theologian in the 12th and 13th centuries AH. His son Mulla Ahmad Naraqi was one of the Shia scholar such as his father.[1][2][3] In the Qajar dynasty, he was prominent scholar at the philosophy and continued philosophical activities in the Kashan, Iran.[4]

Biography

Mulla Muhammad Mahdi Naraqi was born in Naraq, a city in the central district of Delijan, Markazi, Iran in 1715 AD. He was known as Muhaqiqi Naraqi (the Naraqian scholar) and Khatam al-Hukama (the signet of wises) amongst people.[5]

Education

After preliminary studies, he went to seminary of Najaf, Iraq. After several years, he returned to Iran and went to seminary of Isfahan and educated in that seminary for thirty years. He was the master of jurisprudence, theology, philosophy, astronomy, and mathematics.[6][7] Also, he was fluent in Hebrew and Latin to connect with Jewish and Christian scholars.[7] Jame al-Sa'adat is the important work that was in the field of ethics.[6] One of his teachers was Mulla Ismail ibn Muhammad Husayn Khwajui.[8][6]

Death

He died on 1795 (23 Muharram 1209 AH)[7] and was buried near Ali ibn Abi Talib shrine in Najaf.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Nile Green (13 May 2015). Terrains of Exchange: Religious Economies of Global Islam. Oxford University Press. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-19-022253-6.
  2. ↑ Denis MacEoin (2009). The Messiah of Shiraz: Studies in Early and Middle Babism. BRILL. p. 54. ISBN 90-04-17035-9.
  3. ↑ Reciprocal Services Between Islam and Iran. Alhoda UK. 2004. p. 281. ISBN 978-964-7741-47-7.
  4. ↑ Islamic Philosophy from Its Origin to the Present: Philosophy in the Land of Prophecy. SUNY Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-7914-8155-4.
  5. ↑ An Anthology of Philosophy in Persia, Volume 3. Oxford University Press. p. 431.
  6. 1 2 3 Henry Corbin (23 June 2014). History Of Islamic Philosophy. Routledge. p. 350. ISBN 978-1-135-19889-3.
  7. 1 2 3 Shahbaz, Ali. "Some of the Great Shia Ulama". imamreza.net.
  8. ↑ Gholamali Haddad Adel; Mohammad Jafar Elmi; Hassan Taromi-Rad (31 August 2012). Hawza-yi ‘Ilmiyya, Shi‘i Teaching Institution: An Entry from Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam. EWI Press. p. 187. ISBN 978-1-908433-06-0.
  9. ↑ Naraqi، Molla Muhammad Mahdi.
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