Ayn al-Quzat Hamadani

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Manuscript of Hamadani's Tamhidat, copy created by Abu'l-Makarim ibn 'Ali al-Murshidi in Iran during the Timurid or Aq Qoyunlu period, dated 1461-62

Ayn-al-Qużāt Hamadānī, also spelled Ain-al Quzat Hamedani or ʿAyn-al Qudat Hamadhani (1098–1131) (

philosopher, poet and mathematician who was executed at the age of 33.[4][5]

Title

Ayn-al-Qużat in

Arabic means "the pearl of the judges": Ayn means the eye, implying something very valuable, and Qozat is the plural of Qadi
, which means judge.

Life

Ayn al-Quzat was born in

Seljuk rulers and was accused of heresy and executed, either by crucifixion or burning.[7]
: 70 

Ayn al-Quzat along with

Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi
are known as the three martyrs of Sufism. Ibn Isa is one of them as well.

Work

The most significant works of Ayn al-Qożāt are Tamhīdāt (تمهیدات; Preludes) and Zubdat al-ḥaqāʾiq fī kašf al-ḵalāʾeq (زبدة الحقائق في کشف الخلائق; The Essence of Truth). Both books are masterpieces of

Sufi literature and have mystical and philosophical significance.[8]
Ayn al-Qożāt Hamadānī quoted a few verses apparently in his own Iranian dialect (where it is called fahlavī; bayt-e pahlavī in a manuscript variant).[9]

Poetry

A famous quatrain is said to be his:

This quatrain refers to his execution by Caliph's order.

See also

References

  1. ^ Hamid Dabashi, "Theology of discontent", Published by Transaction Publishers, 2006. pg 104: "..Ayn al-Qudat Hamadani, a twelfth century Persian mystic"
  2. ^ Nadia Eboo Jamal, "Surviving the Mongols", I B Tauris & Co Ltd (May 23, 2003). pg 91: "At the same time, there was an opposite, more diffused, movement of some Ismaili ideas entering into Persian Sufism, as is evident, for instance, in the work of the mystical philosopher 'Ayn al-Qudat Hamadani, who was executed in 525/1131 by the Saljuqs
  3. ^ Hellmut Ritter, John O'Kane, Bernd Radtke, "The ocean of the soul", Brill Academic Publishers (June 2003). excerpt from page 719: "'Ayn al-Qudat al-Hamadhani (Abu'l Ma'aali 'Abda Allah b. Muhammad Mayanji, Persian mystic, executed in Hamadan
  4. ^ David Cook, Martyrdom in Islam. 2007. pg. 69
  5. ^ AYN-AL-QOŻĀT HAMADĀNĪ in Encyclopedia Iranica by G. Böwering[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ a b Mehdi Aminrazavi, The Wine of Wisdom: The Life, Poetry and Philosophy of Omar Khayyam, Oneworld Publications (2007)
  7. ^ J. C. E. Bowen. (1973). The Rubāՙiyyāt of Omar Khayyam: A Critical Assessment of Robert Graves' and Omar Ali Shah's Translation. Iran, 11, 63-73.
  8. ^ Hossein Nasr (2008), The Garden of Truth, New York, HarperOne
  9. ^ Fahlaviyat in Encyclopedia Iranica by Dr. Ahmad Tafazzoli Archived March 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

Further reading

  • Boylston, Nicholas (2021). "Islam from the Inside Out: ʿAyn al-Quḍāt Hamadānī's Reconception of Islam as Vector". Journal of Islamic Studies. 32 (2): 161–202.
    doi:10.1093/jis/etab015
    .
  • Gharagozlou, Alireza Zekavati; Melvin-Koushki, Matthew (2015). "ʿAyn al-Quḍāt Hamadānī". In
    ISSN 1875-9831
    .

External links


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