List of Works by Sadr al-Din al-Shirazi

This article is about the works by Sadr al-Din al-Shirazi. For biographical information, see Sadr al-Din al-Shirazi.

List of Works by Sadr al-Din al-Shirazi is the collection of works by Sadr al-Din Muhammad b. Ibrahim al-Shirazi (b. 979/1571-1572 - d. 1050/1640), a well-known Shiite philosopher, mystic, and exegete of the Quran. He is also known as Mulla Sadra. He was a student of Mir Damad and Baha' al-Din al-'Amili. Mulla Sadra wrote many works on different subjects. Here are his main books:

Famous Works

The Mullah Sadra's works software.

• Al-Hikmat al-muta'aliya fi l-asfar al-'aqliyyat al-arba'a: also known as al-Asfar, This Mulla Sadra's main work.

• Al-Mabda' wa l-ma'ad: This work is also called al-Hikmat al-muta'aliya. The book counts as a summary of the second part of al-Asfar.

• Tafsir al-Quran al-karim (the exegesis of the Quran). Mulla Sadra wrote an exegesis of different verses and suras of the Quran. Late in his life, he started to write a complete exegesis of the Quran, but it remained unfinished by his death.

• Sharh usul al-kafi: his incomplete commentary on Usul al-Kafi in seven volumes.

• Al-Shawahid al-rububiyya

• Kasr al-asnam al-jahiliyya

Detailed List

Exegesis

• Asrar al-ayat wa anwar al-bayyinat

Exegesis of Verses and Suras

• Tafsir Sura al-Fatiha
• Tafsir Sura al-Baqara
• Tafsir Ayat al-kursi
• Tafsir Ayat al-nur
• Tafsir Sura Yasin
• Tafsir Sura al-Sajda
• Tafsir Sura al-Hadid
• Tafsir Sura al-Jumu'a
• Tafsir Sura al-Waqi'a
• Tafsir Sura al-Tariq
• Tafsir Sura al-A'la
• Tafsir Sura al-Zalzala
• Tafsir Sura al-Tawhid

Qur'anic Sciences

• Ma'ani al-alfaz al-mufrada
• Mutashabih al-qur'an
• Mafatih al-ghayb

Hadith

• Sharh al-Usul min al-Kafi
• A hadith from Tawhid of al-Saduq
• Explanation of two hadith: 1)from Imam al-Sadiq (a): "ma min amr yukhtalaf fihi ithnan..." 2)Explanation of a hadith in virtue of scholar who benefiting people by his knowledge.
• Explanation of some hadith and important philosophical and mystical issues which is mentioned from Mulla Sadra.
• Sharh hadith "kuntu kanzan makhfiya"

Mysticism and Ethics

• Risala se asl': subject of this book is mysticism and ethics in Persian, advocating philosophy.
• Kasr al-'asnam al-jahiliyya: in Arabic and in rejection of Sufisim.

Philosophy

• Al-Hikma al-muta'aliya fi l-asfar al-'aqliyya al-arba'a (the transcendent wisdom regarding four intellectual journeys). The book has a unique place as to its comprehension and influence on Islamic wisdom in recent centuries—in particular, "Shiite wisdom".
• Ittihad 'aqil wa ma'qul
• Ittisaf al-mahiya bi-l wujud
• Ajwabat al-masa'il
• Idrakat juz'i'
• Al-Ajwaba 'an usulat al-nasiriyya an shams al-din al-khusrowshahi
• Ajwabat al-masa'il al-awisa an muzaffar husayn kashani
• Ajwabat al-masa'il in answering to his students in five philosophical issues
• Iksir al-'arifin fi ma'rifat tariq al-haqq wa al-yaqin
• Al-Tashkhis
• Ta'liqat al-shifa'
• Hashiya sharh hikmat al-ashraq
• Huduth al-'alam
• Saryan nur wujud al-haq fi al-mujudat wa ihata bi-l mumkinat
• Sharh al-hidayat al-athiriya
• Lamiya ikhtisas al-mantaqa bi mawdi' mu'ayyan min al-falak
• Al-Masa'il al-qudsiyya wa al-qawa'id al-malakutiyya
• Al-Masha'ir
• Al-Waridat al-qalbiya fi ma'rifat al-rububiyya

Theology

• Al-Hashr
• Al-Hikmat al-'arshiyya
• Khalq al-a'mal, jabr wa tafwid al-qadar wa af'al al-'ibad
• Al-Shawahid al-rububiyya fi al-manahij al-sulukiyya
• Al-Qada wa al-qadar fi af'al al-bashar
• Al-Mabda' wa al-ma'ad
• Al-Mazahir al-ilahiya fi asrar al-'ulum al-kamaliya
• Al-Ma'ad al-jismani, Zad al-salik - Zad al-musafir

Logic

• Al-Tasawwwur wa al-tasdiq
• Al-Luma'at al-mashriqiyya fi al-mabahith al-mantiqiyya, al-tanqih - al-tanqiya

Litrature

• Diwan Ash'ar

Other Works

• Jung, A selective collection of poem and verse.
• Jawhar mufariq
• Hashiya ala sharh ibn mubarakshah ala hikmat al-'ayn
• Multaqtani
• Iqaz al-na'imin
• Sadra's letter to Sayyid Damad
• Haqiqat al-kufr wa al-'iman
• His dream, Sadra had a dream, he wrote it.
• Sharh nijat
• Hashiya-nivisi bar kitab qamus al-muhit firuzabadi
• A letter to Sadr Shirazi

Translation of his works to other lanugages

• Al-Masha'ir; the work was translated by Henry Corbin into French.

• Al-Hikmat al-'arshiyya; it was translated by James Winston into English.

• Iksir al-'arifin fi ma'rifat al-haqq wa l-yaqin (a collection of Mulla Sadra's essays); it was translated into Japanese (Tokyo, The Society for Islamic Studies)

• Conception and belief in Sadr al-Din al-Shirazi An essay on tasawwur (conception) and tasdiq (affirmation); it was translated into English by Joep Lameer.

• A summary of al-Asfar; it was translated into German by Max Horten.