The Necessity of Differentiating the Authentic Works and Doctrines of Qazi Saeed Qomi: A Key to Resolving Philosophical Contradictions
(Reviving the Most Overlooked Sadrian Philosopher of the Isfahan School)
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PhD student at Payame Noor University (PNU), Tehran, Iran
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Professor at Payame Noor University (PNU), Tehran, Iran
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Professor, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
10.30473/pms.2025.73790.2127
Abstract
Abstract
Qāḍī Saʿīd Qummī is one of the prominent thinkers of the 11th and 12th centuries AH (17th century CE), who endeavored to offer innovative solutions to philosophical and exegetical problems by synthesizing the principles of Illuminationist philosophy (ḥikmat al-ishrāq) with the doctrines of ḥikmat-e mutaʿāliyah (Transcendent Philosophy). His hermeneutical foundations particularly illustrate the dynamic interplay between reason, revelation, and illuminative wisdom, wherein these three elements function as complementary pathways to philosophical and religious knowledge.
A major obstacle in correctly understanding his doctrines lies in the misattribution of certain texts and the confusion of his identity and works with those of Mīrzā Muḥammad Saʿīd Ḥakīm. This textual and historical conflation has led to contradictions in the analysis of his philosophical and exegetical positions.
This study employs a combined methodology of content analysis, codicology, and historical comparison to distinguish the authentic works of Qummī. It identifies three principal texts—Sharḥ al-Tawḥīd al-Ṣadūq, al-Arbaʿīn fī Sharḥ al-Aḥādīth al-Mushkila, and the Arbaʿīnīyāt treatises—as unquestionably authored by him. These are verified based on reliable authorizations (ijāzāt), consistent philosophical-mystical style, and coherent doctrinal framework. This textual distinction presents Qummī as an independent and coherent philosopher deeply committed to the transcendent tradition and pioneering in the field of mystical Qur'anic hermeneutics. Furthermore, it paves the way for resolving the interpretative and philosophical inconsistencies in his legacy within the history of Islamic philosophy.
kamalian, A. , Mohammadi, N. , Akhlaghi, M. and Abasi hosainabadi, H. (2025). The Necessity of Differentiating the Authentic Works and Doctrines of Qazi Saeed Qomi: A Key to Resolving Philosophical Contradictions
(Reviving the Most Overlooked Sadrian Philosopher of the Isfahan School). SADRĀ’I WISDOM, (), -. doi: 10.30473/pms.2025.73790.2127
MLA
kamalian, A. , , Mohammadi, N. , , Akhlaghi, M. , and Abasi hosainabadi, H. . "The Necessity of Differentiating the Authentic Works and Doctrines of Qazi Saeed Qomi: A Key to Resolving Philosophical Contradictions
(Reviving the Most Overlooked Sadrian Philosopher of the Isfahan School)", SADRĀ’I WISDOM, , , 2025, -. doi: 10.30473/pms.2025.73790.2127
HARVARD
kamalian, A., Mohammadi, N., Akhlaghi, M., Abasi hosainabadi, H. (2025). 'The Necessity of Differentiating the Authentic Works and Doctrines of Qazi Saeed Qomi: A Key to Resolving Philosophical Contradictions
(Reviving the Most Overlooked Sadrian Philosopher of the Isfahan School)', SADRĀ’I WISDOM, (), pp. -. doi: 10.30473/pms.2025.73790.2127
CHICAGO
A. kamalian , N. Mohammadi , M. Akhlaghi and H. Abasi hosainabadi, "The Necessity of Differentiating the Authentic Works and Doctrines of Qazi Saeed Qomi: A Key to Resolving Philosophical Contradictions
(Reviving the Most Overlooked Sadrian Philosopher of the Isfahan School)," SADRĀ’I WISDOM, (2025): -, doi: 10.30473/pms.2025.73790.2127
VANCOUVER
kamalian, A., Mohammadi, N., Akhlaghi, M., Abasi hosainabadi, H. The Necessity of Differentiating the Authentic Works and Doctrines of Qazi Saeed Qomi: A Key to Resolving Philosophical Contradictions
(Reviving the Most Overlooked Sadrian Philosopher of the Isfahan School). SADRĀ’I WISDOM, 2025; (): -. doi: 10.30473/pms.2025.73790.2127
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