The Grand Armour
A Commentary on the Divine Names
An explication and translation of Hādī Sabzavārī’s Sharḥ al-Asmāʾ wa Sharḥ Duʿāʾ al-Jawshan al-Kabīr by Sayyid Amjad H. Shah Naqavi
Considered to be the greatest work by the renowned Persian philosopher, theologian and poet Hādī Sabzavārī, Sharḥ al-Asmāʾ wa Sharḥ Duʿāʾ al-Jawshan al-Kabīr is a sublime commentary on a famous prayer composed of a thousand and one names of God. In The Grand Armour: A Commentary on the Divine Names, the Dean of The Shīʿah Institute, Dr Sayyid Amjad H. Shah Naqavi offers the first comprehensive translation and explication of a masterpiece by the pre-eminent intellect of Qajar Persia. The Grand Armour is among the finest orisons on the divine. Dr Shah Naqavi astutely renders and clarifies Sabzavārī’s erudite language and esoteric wisdom in a translation that will benefit students and scholars for generations to come.