The Convergence of Mysticism and Justice in the Political Philosophy of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani

Document Type : Original Research

Authors
Bahram Zahedi 1
Abolfazl Shakoori 2
1 Ph.D. Student of Political Science/Political Thought, Department of Political Science, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
2 Associate Professor, Department of Political Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University. Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani is a great Muslim mystic of the 8th century AH (14th century AD). He has left several manuscripts focusing on mystical teachings and we can recognize his attitude toward the issue of justice in these works. Therefore, the main question of this article is: what is the relationship between mysticism and justice in the political thought of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani? Our hypothesis is that, there is a positive longitudinal relationship between mysticism and justice in the thought of Hamadani. According to the foundations of his ontology and anthropology and his definition of mysticism and human’s felicity, the issue of justice itself is one of the pillars of the voyage toward God. The data of this research are gathered by the library method. Also, we have used Abd al-Qahir Jurjani's method The Theory of Order, to obtain an integrated knowledge about various components of Hamadani's thought as well as Franklin Le Van Baumer’s The Climate of Opinion, to deepen the historical aspects of our research. Findings of this research show that by using The Theory of Order, we can clearly see the link between mysticism and justice in Hamadani's thought. Moreover, the study of the intellectual atmosphere of the time shows that majority of Muslim mystics, considered the issue of justice as one of their teachings.

Keywords

Subjects

A. [1] The Quran.
B. The Works of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani:
[1] Hamadani, Mir Sayyid Ali, manuscript 4274/22, Malek library, Risala-i-Vojudiyya,
[2] Hamadani, Mir Sayyid Ali, manuscript 4274/11, Malek library, Risala-i-Nooriyya.
[3] Hamadani, Mir Sayyid Ali, manuscript 4274/24, Malek library, Risala-i-Faqriyya.
[4] Hamadani, Mir Sayyid Ali, manuscript 4250/26, Malek library, Risala-i-Haqiqat-i- Iman.
[5] Hamadani, Mir Sayyid Ali, manuscript 4274/3, Malek library, Risala-i-Hall-i-Moshkil.
[6] Hamadani, Mir Sayyid Ali, manuscript 4250/23, Malek library, Risala-i-Bahramshahiyya.
[7] Hamadani, Mir Sayyid Ali, manuscript 4274/19, Malek library, Risala-i-Bahramshahiyya.
[8] Hamadani, Mir Sayyid Ali, manuscript 6075/10, manuscripts center of the central library of Tehran University, Risala-i-Ekhtiyarat or Haft Wadi.
[9] Hamadani, Mir Sayyid Ali, manuscript 4250/34, Malek library, Divan-i-Ashaar-i-Farsi or Risala-i-Chehel Asrar.
[10] Hamadani, Mir Sayyid Ali, manuscript 4250/16, Malek library, Risala-i-Chehel Maqam-i-Sufiyya.
[11] Hamadani, Mir Sayyid Ali, (1979). Zakhirat al-Moluk, edited by Sayyid Mahmud Anwari, Tabriz: Publishing of institute of the History and Culture of Iran.
[12] Hamadani, Mir Sayyid Ali, A, (2014). Asrar al-Nuqtah or Tawhid-i- Mokashefan, translated and edited by Muhammad Khwajavi, Tehran: Mola.
[13] Hamadani, Mir Sayyid Ali, B, (2014). Chehel Hadith Dar Fazail-i- Ali ibn-i- Abi Talib, translated by I’jaz Hussain Gharibi, Baltistan: Madrasa-i- Shams al-ulum-i- Sufiyya- Imamiyya-i- Noorbakhshiyya.
[14] Hamadani, Mir Sayyid Ali, (2015.) Ganj-i- Irfan, edited by Mohir Khoja Sultonov and Hotam Asozodah and QuvvatAli Turdiev, Dushanbe: Irfan.
[15] Hamadani, Mir Sayyid Ali, (2007). Risala-i- Eteqadiyya, edited by Ihsan Fattahi Ardakani, Misaq-i- Amin Quarterly, pre number 3, 241-262.
[16] Hamadani, Mir Sayyid Ali, (2010). Risala-i- Futuwatiyya, appendix of Futuwwat Namah, compiled and edited by Muhammd Riaz and by effort of Abd al-Karim Jorbozedar, Tehran: Asatir.
[17] Hamadani, Mir Sayyid Ali, (1974). Matn-i- Maktubat, edited by Muhammd Riaz, The Journal of literature and humanities faculty of Tehran University, year 21, number 1, Publication number successively 85, 33-66.
[18] Hamadani, Mir Sayyid Ali, (2009). Risla-i- Zikriyya, edited and introduced by Kazem Muhammadi, Tehran: Najm-i- Kubra.
C. Other References:
[1] Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan, (1994). Jashnwara-i- Ali Hamadani, Akhbar-i- Academi-i- Ilmha-i- Jomuhri-i- Tajikistan, Silsila-i- Falsafa va Hoquqshinasi, number 1.
[2] Ahmadi, Abd al-reza, (2004). Andishey-i- Siasi-i- Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, Political Sciences Quarterly, no. 27, pp. 69-78.
[3] Ardabili, ibn-i- Bazzaz (known as: Darvish Tavakkoli), (1994). Safvat al-Safa, edited by Ghulamreza tabatabyi-i- Majd, Tabriz: Ghulamreza Tabatabyi-i- Majd.
[4] Asozodah, Hotam, (2011). Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani va Zakhirat al-Moluk-i- Eoo, Rudaki Quarterly (Cultural Literary Quarterly of the cultural consulate of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Tajikistan), no. 32, pp. 67-77.
[5] Asozodah, Hotam, (2015). Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, Pazhuheshi dar Ahval va Asar, Dushanbe: Farsi-Tajiki culture institute of Embassy of Islamic Republic of Iran in Tajikistan.
[6] Azkayi, parviz, (1991). Moravejj-i- Islam Dar Iran-i- Saghir, Ahval va Asar-i- Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, Hamadan: Bu Ali Sina University Publishing with cooperation on Muslim publishing of Hamadan.
[7] Badakhshi, Nooriddin Jafar, (1995). Khulasat al-Manaqib, edited by Sayyidah Ashraf Nazar, Islamabad: Iran-Pakistan Institute of Persian.
[8] Badawi, Abd al-Rahman, (2010). Tarikh-i- Tasavvuf-i- Islami, translated by Mahmudreza Eftekharzadeh, Tehran: Afraz.
[9] Gilani, Abd al-Qadir, (2013). Alfath al-Rabbani, translated by Muhammad Jafar Mahdavi, Tehran: Ehsan.
[10] Hamadani, Sayyid Hussainshah, (1995). Shah-i- Hamadan, Mir sayyid Ali Hamadani, Islamabad: Iran-Pakistan Institute of Persian.
[11] Jurajani, Abd al-Qahir, (2004). Dalail al-I’jaz Fi al-Quran, Translated by Sayyid Muhammad Radmanesh, Isfahan: Goruh-i- Entesharat-i- Shahnamepezhuhi.
[12] Kholiqzodah, A. GH, (2017). Nazariya-i- Idarah Koni-i- Sharqi Dar Afkar-i- Mutafakkiran-i- Fars-Tajik Dar Asrha-i- Mianah, Dushanbe: ER-Graf.
[13] Khwajavi, Muhammad, (2007). Daramadi bar Asrar al-Shariah va Foru’-i- Se gane-i- An, in the Articles of Erfan-i- Shi’i be rewayat-i- Sayyid Haidar-i- Amoli, Tehran: Ettelaat publishing.
[14] Muhammadov, Abd al-Rahman va Qurbonov, Abd al-rahman, (2011). Siasat va Aiin-i- Dawlatdari Az Negah-i- Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, Rudaki Quarterly, no. 32, pp. 122-134.
[15] Najmuddin Kubra, (1983). Aqrab al-Turuq ela Allah, translated by Mawlana Sayyid Ali Hamadani and scholium by Mawlana Kamaliddin Hussain-i- Khwarazmi, by effort of Alireza Sharif Muhseni, Tehran: Safa publishing.
[16] Nasafi, Aziziddin, (no date). Insan-i- Kamel, no place.
[17] Palmer, Richard .h, (2008). Elme Hermeneutic, translated by Muhammad Said Hanai-i- Kashani, Tehran: Hermes.
[18] Qusta bin Luqa, (2017). Farq-i- bain-i- Ruh va Nafs, edited and translated by Bahram Zahedi, Tehran: Mola.
[19] Ranjabar, Muhammad Jafar, (2015). Ahval va Asar va Ashaar Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani of Muhammad Riaz by tajiki translation, with nine treatises in this edition, Dushanbe: Khalil Allah Khalili Library.
[20] Razi, Najmuddin, (2114). Gozide-i- Mersad al-Ebad, selected and introduced by Muhammad Amin Riyahi, Tehran: Elmi publishing.
[21] Riaz, Muhammad, (1991). Ahval va Asar va Ashaar-i- Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani with Six Treatises of him, Islamabad: Iran-Pakistan Institute of Persian.
[22] RiazKhan, Muhammad, (1968). Khadamat-i- Amir-i-Kabir Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani Dar Shebhe Qarreye Hind va Pakistan, The Journal of Maarif-i-Islami of Sazman-i- Awqaf, no. 6, pp.95-99.
[23] Sayyid Qasem, Laili and Hadi, Ruhollah, (2014), Barresi-i- Hamanandiha-i- Nazariat-i- Abd al-Qahir Jurjani Dar Karbordshenasi-i- Zaban va Naqshgerayi-i- Halliday, Adabpazhuhi Quarterly, no. 28, pp. 111-129.
[24] Sultonov, Mohir Khoja, (2011). Falsafa-i- Ijtima-i- Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, Rudaki Quarterly, no. 32, pp. 27-45.
[25] Tabatabai, Sayyid Javad, (2006). Daramadi bar Tarikh-i- Andishe-i- Siasi dar Iran, Tehran: Kavir.
[26] Van Baumer, Franklin le, (2010). Jarianha-i- Asli-i- Andishe-i- Gharbi (Main Currents of Western Thought: Readings in Western Europe Intellectual History from the Middle Ages to the Present), translated by Kambiz Gutan, Tehran: Hikmat.
The International Journal of Humanities
Volume 26, Issue 1
Summer 2019
Pages 55-72