Shi'ite Islam (book)
| Author | Muhammed H. Al-Tabataba'i |
|---|---|
| Language | Persian |
Shi'ite Islam is a text on the history and thought of
Shi'a Islam
.
Written by
Muhammed H. Al-Tabataba'i, with the translation, editing, and introduction by Seyyed Hossein Nasr
, it was the first text to be written by a high ranking Shi'a scholar and intended for western readership.
How it began
In 1962,
Shi'a
perspective.
The aim of Professor Morgan to have a description of Shi'ism by one of the respected traditional scholars of the
Shi'a, led him and collaborator Seyyed Hossein Nasr, to Allamah Tabataba'i
in 1963.
Allameh Tabatabaei was thought of by some as a pillar of intellectual Shi'a thought who combined interest in jurisprudence and Quranic commentary with philosophy, theosophy, and Sufism
, and represented a more universal interpretation of the Shi'a point of view.
The project took six years to complete, and was followed by two more extending volumes.
State University of New York Press
in 1975.
It remains a classic textbook for
Shi'a
Islam.
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