List of Works by Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

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Muhammad b. Hasan al-Jahrudi al-Tusi (b. 597/1201 – d. 672/1274), known famously as Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, is one of the most influential figures in the history of Islamic thought and one of the most important Twelver Shi'a philosophers, scientists, and theologians.

The below is his works in different fields of sciences including mathematics and astronomy, ethics, logic, philosophy and mysticism:

Mathematics and Astronomy

  • Ikhtiyarat masir al-qamar
  • Al-Ustuwana
  • Al-Bari' in the sciences of calendar
  • Al-Balagh (commentary on the book Euclid)
  • Bist bab dar ma'rifat ostorlab
  • Tajrid al-hindisa
  • Al-Tashil fi al-nujum
  • Tahrir "Al-Mi'ata wa al-khams masa'il min usul al-hindisa
  • Tahrir "Usul hindisa Euclid"
  • Tahrir al-Okar authored by Menelaus
  • Tahrir al-kitab jermay al-nayyirayn wa ba'dayhima by Aristarchus
  • Tahrir al-makhrutat by Apolothios
  • Tahrir al-mu'tiyat fi-l hindisa authored by Euclid
  • Tahrir Taksir al-da'ira by Archimedes
  • Tahrir Halat al-khutut al-munhaniya authored by Apollonius
  • Tahrir tulu' wa ghurub by Autolycus
  • Tahrir kitab al-Okar by Thavozosios
  • Tahrir kitab al-Korat al-mutaharrika by Autolycus
  • Tahrir kitab al-layl wa al-nahar by Thavozosios
  • Tahrir kitab al-ma'khuzat fi usul hindisa
  • Tahrir kitab al-masakin by Thavozosios
  • Tahrir kitab al-mafrudat authored by Archimedes
  • Tahrir kitab al-manazir by Euclid
  • Tahrir kitab zahirat al-falak by Euclid
  • Tahrir kitab kora wa ustuwana by Archimedes
  • Tahrir mujsati by Ptolemy
  • Tahrir matali' by Osqilawos
  • Tahrir ma'rifat masahat ashkal al-basita wa al-kurawiyya authored by Bani Musa
  • Tadhkira nasiriyya in Hey'at
  • Tarjuma suwar al-kawakib by Abd al-rahman b. umar sufi
  • Tarjuma masalik wa mamalik
  • Tastih al-kurat wa al-matali'
  • Taqwim 'ala'ie
  • Thalathun faslan fi al-hay'at wa al-nujum
  • Risala fi bab ta'in qibla Tabriz
  • Risala fi 'ilm al-muthallathat
  • Risala fi in'itaf al-shu'a' wa in'ikasih
  • Risala istikhraj qibla Tabriz
  • Risala dar bayan subh kadhib
  • Risala dar tahqiq qaws qazah
  • Risala dar taqwim wa harakat aflak
  • Risala dar hisab wa jabr wa muqabila
  • Risala dar shakl qita' sathi
  • Al-Risala al-shafiya an al-shak fi al-khutut al-mutawaziya
  • Risala fi musadirat oqlidus fi al-hindisa (Risala al-shafi'iya)
  • Risala mu'iniya ya al-mufid dar hay'at
  • Zubdat al-idrak fi hay'at al-aflak
  • Zubdat al-hay'at
  • Zij ilkhani
  • Al-Shikl al-ruba'i
  • Sharh thamarat batlamiyus
  • Sharh mu'iniya
  • Al-Zafar fi jabr wa al-muqabila
  • Kitab ya risala dar 'ilm musiqi (in Persian)
  • Kashf al-qina' an asrar shikl al-qita'
  • Mukhtasar dar ma'rifat taqwim
  • Mukhtasar kurat arashmidus
  • Madkhal fi 'ilm al-nujum
  • Nihayat al-idrak fi dirayat al-aflak

Logic

  • Asas al-iqtibas
  • Answer to the questions of Shams al-Din Muhammad Kishi in the field of logic and philosophy
  • Al-Tajrid fi al-mantiq
  • Ta'dil al-mi'yar fi naqd tanzil al-afkar (in logic)
  • Maqulat ashr

Theology

  • Qawa'id al-aqa'id
  • Fusul nasiriyya
  • Talkhis al-muhassal (A summery and criticism on "Muhassal afkar al-mutaqaddimin wa al-muta'akhirin" by Fakhr Razi)
  • Tajrid al-i'tiqad
  • Al-Jabr wa al-ikhtiyar
  • Al-Risala al-i'tiqadiya
  • Risala imamat (in Persian)
  • Risala al-tawalli wa al-tabarri
  • Risala usul al-din
  • Muqni'a da usul al-din
  • Ithbat al-firqa al-najiya
  • Salawat Khawja Nasir
  • Risala fi fadilat Amir al-Mu'minin Ali (a)
  • Matlub al-mu'minin (this book which is written in confirmation of Isma'iliyya, is attributed to Khawja Nasi al-Din al-Tusi)

Ethics

Philosophy and Mysticism

  • Aghaz wa Anjam
  • Ithbat al-lawh al-mahfuz
  • Ithbat Wajib
  • Ithbat al-wajib bi tariqa al-munazira
  • Al-Risala al-muntakhaba fi ma'alim haqiqat al-nafs
  • Al-Ilal wa al-ma'lulat
  • Al-Fawa'id al-thamaniya
  • Bayan al-alwan
  • Tuhfa (A treatise in Persian about knowing of Mind/Nafs)
  • Translation and explanation of complicated issues of Zubdat al-haqa'iq by Ayn al-Qudat Hamadani
  • Answer to the questions of Shams al-Din Muhammad Kishi
  • His answer to the question of a scientist about the "Taste of Organs (body)
  • Jawab dar khayriyyat wujud
  • Rabt al-hadith bi al-Qadim
  • Risala in kayfiyyat intifa' be-hess
  • Risala al-nasiriyya
  • Risala fi sudur al-khalq min hadrat al-Haqq
  • Risala fi mahiyyat al-'ilm wa al-'alim wa al-ma'lum
  • Risala fi al-nafy wa al-ithbat
  • Risala ithbat aql fa'aal
  • Risala ithbat wahdat Allah jalla jalala
  • Risala in answering to Najm al-Din Nakhjawani
  • Risala khalq-i a'mal (in Persian)
  • Risala dar ittihad maqul alayh wa maqul
  • Risala dar ithbat jawhar mufariq
  • Risala dar bahth az 'ilal wa ma'lulat mutarattiba
  • Risala dar baqa'-i nafs-i insani
  • Risala dar mujudat wa aqsam-i 'an
  • Risala dar nufus-i ardiya wa quway-i 'anha
  • Risala radd irad katibi bar dalil-i hukama dar ithbat wajib
  • Risala su'aliya khawja az 'Ayn al-Zaman Jabali
  • A treatise in the meaning of conception (Idrak), whether it is reasoning or something else
  • Rawdat al-qulub
  • Sharh Isharat Abu Ali Sina
  • Sharh Marmuz al-hikma
  • Musari' al-musari' (in rejection of the criticism of Taj al-Din Muhammad b. Abd al-Karim Shahristani on the Philosophy of Avicenna)
  • Mufawidat (answers of the questions of Sadr al-Din Qunawi)
  • Maqala dar kayfiyyat sudur-i kathrat az wahdat
  • Nuqtat al-qudsiyya (explanation on what Imam Ali (a) said: "Al-Ilm al-nuqta")

Jurisprudence

  • Jawahir al-fara'id (a treatise in obligatory deeds and inheritance)

Medical books

  • Al-Hawashi ala koliyyat al-qanun
  • His answer to one of the physicians about breathing
  • His answers to the questions of Qutb al-Din Shirazi about the problems of the Rule of Avicenna
  • Risala in medical issues about growth
  • Qawanin al-tib
  • Al-Bab al-bahiya fi al-tarakib al-sultaniya

Occulted Sciences

  • Ikhtisari az risala raml
  • Jamai' al-hisab bi-takht wa al-turab
  • Risala istikhraj khabaya
  • Risala-i digar dar ahkam dawazdagana raml
  • Risala dar raml (in Persian)
  • Madkhal al-raml

Exegesis of Qur'an

  • Tafsir surat al-ikhlas wa al-mu'awwadhatayn
  • Tafsir sura wal-asr

History

  • Zeyl-i Tarikh Jahangushay-i Juwayni
  • Waqi'a Baghdad

Other Subjects

  • Adab al-Bahth
  • Aqsam al-hikmah
  • As'alat al-nasiriyya (attributed to Khawja Tusi)
  • Al-Maqalat alast
  • Al-Wafi fi al-arud wa al-qawafi
  • Tansukhname ilkhani
  • Jam-i giti nama
  • Answering to some questions from Rum
  • Jawab as'ala Sayyid Rukn al-Din Istarabadi
  • Risala adab al-muta'allimin
  • Risala usul-i din
  • Risala in answering the questions of Izz al-Dawla Sa'd b. Mansur b.Kumuna
  • Risala in answering to the three questions of Athir al-Din Abhari
  • Risala in answering to Muhyiddin Mahija Abbasi
  • Risala in pointing to the time and place of Akhira
  • Risala dar seyr-o suluk
  • Risala in necessity of death
  • Risala fi ahkam al-kitf (Arabic and Persian)
  • Risala fi uslub al-muluk al-sabiqin fi tariqat akhdh al-dara'ib wa sarfuha
  • Risala fi al-ni'am wa al-muta' wa al-ladha'idh
  • Risala fi al-'isma
  • Rawadat al-taslim
  • Saqinama
  • Sharh Usul al-Kafi
  • Sharh risalat al-'ilm (a work by Abu Ja'far Ahmad b. Ali b. Sa'id b. Sa'ada)
  • Shari'at al-ashir fi injah al-maqasid wa al-mulimmat
  • Qanun Nama
  • Mi'yar Ash'ar
  • Mu'akhidhat

And some other books and treatise which are attributed to Khawja Nasir al-Din al-Tusi as follows:

  • An article about Rulings of Moon and its six state
  • An article about the effects of seven stars and moon
  • Risala fi tahqiq quwa al-rahman
  • A part of Safina by Khawja
  • Risala Matlub al-mu'minin dar ta'ied madhhab batiniyya
  • Risala dar fudul kalam