Mullah Sadra

About the Book

Mulla Sadra: His Eschatology and Transcendent Philosophy is a work that seeks to analyze Mullah Sadra’s theory of afterlife through his divine philosophy. The main works of Sadra used in this regard are his Asfar al-Arba’ah and Risalah fi al-Hashr. The idea is upheld that there tis a nexus between Mulla Sadra’s belief in the afterlife and his four spiritual journey’s. Indeed there would be a gaping hole in his philosophy if one did not take eschatology into consideration. Indeed in any divine philosophy, there is a void that needs to be filled if one does not take eschatology into consideration. Mullah Sadra belonged to the muta’aliiyah school of philosophy. His life can be divided into three phases, one being the phase where he sought to reach academic heights, the second being his stage of reclusion, and the final being his return to the academic field and his teaching. As is the case of all of his work, these two works belong to the third phase of his life.

About the Author

Syed Safi Haider Abidi was born in Rawal Pindi to a religious family. His mother is a well renown speaker/reciter in the majaalis of Imam Hussain. He obtained his bachelors in Political Science in William Paterson University and is currently enrolled in Columbia University and Hartford Seminary. He has studied Islamic studies at the masters level and is pursuing his traditional education with Ayatullah Syed Hossein Sajedi. He currently resides in New Jersey and has been accepted as the Masters in philosophy at Columbia University. Syed Safi Haider is a public speaker and has spoken at various venues for the martyrdom of Imam Hussain and the Progeny of Prophet Muhammad. His main focus on these lectures has been the spiritual and ethical reform of the human being, and he has sited various verses of the Qur’an in this context. In his view, one needs to reform the self before one can reform society.