Miʿrāj al-ʿUqūl Sharḥ Duʿāʾ al-Mashlūl
THE ASCENSION OF THE INTELLECTS Commentary on the Supplication of the Lame

Sayyid Murtaḍā Nawnahrawī Ghāzīpūrī

The second volume in the Shīʿah Heritage of South Asia Series, Miʿrāj al-ʿUqūl Sharḥ Duʿāʾ al-Mashlūl ‘The Ascension of the Intellects: Commentary on the Supplication of the Lame’ by Sayyid Muḥammad Murtaḍā al-Nawnahrawī Ghāzīpūrī (d. 1336 AH/1917), is a comprehensive, recondite treatment of the issues relating to the Divine Attributes, presented in the form of a commentary on a well-known supplication of Imam ʿAlī Ibn Abī Ṭālib (d. 40 AH/661 CE).

Sayyid Muḥammad Murtaḍā al-Nawnahrawī Ghāzīpūrī was a scholar of singular erudition from Nawnahra, India (near Ghāzīpūr). Educated mainly at the Firangī Maḥall Seminary, he excelled in the mystico-philosophical tradition of Ḥikmah associated with Mullā Ṣadrā (d. 1050 AH/1641) and his teacher Mīr Dāmād (d. 1041 AH/1631).

This high-quality digitally enhanced edition of the Miʿrāj al-ʿUqūl Sharḥ Duʿāʾ al-Mashlūl, is the first of its kind that has been published in any form in over a century, during which time it was neglected and largely forgotten. Now, this meticulous edition will finally introduce this seminal theological, philosophical, mystical work to the wider world of scholarship and grant it the audience it deserves. This volume embodies a further elaboration of the school inaugurated by Ṣadr al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Shirāzī (d. 1050 H/1641) in India.

It includes a foreword by Sayyid Amjad H. Shah Naqavi, a preface by S. H. Rizvi, and an introduction by S. N. Ahmad.

Miʿrāj al-ʿUqūl Sharḥ Duʿāʾ al-Mashlūl ‘The Ascension of the Intellects: Commentary on the Supplication of the Lame’ is available to purchase, please email the institute to order your copy.

ISBN: 978-0-993-588-40-2 (Hardback)