Mu±s<strong>in</strong> Fay∂ Kåshån¥, Mullå. See Kåshån¥, Mullå Mu±s<strong>in</strong> Fay∂ Muhs<strong>in</strong> Mahdi. See Mahdi, Muhs<strong>in</strong> Mu±y¥ al-D¥n ibn ‘Arab¥. See Ibn ‘Arab¥, Mu±y¥ al-D¥n mukåshafah, 95 Mu∑lih, Jawåd, 254, 290n41 Mullå S.adrå. See S.adrå, Mullå Mullå Båqir Majils¥. See Majlis¥, Mullå Båqir Mullå Mahd¥ Naråq¥. See Naråq¥, Mullå Mahd¥ mu˘m<strong>in</strong>, 59 mumk<strong>in</strong>, 71 mumk<strong>in</strong> al-wuj¶d, 141 mumtani‘, 71 mundus imag<strong>in</strong>alis, 100 Munk, Salomo, 15, 25, 50 Munqidh m<strong>in</strong> al-¿alal, al- (The Deliverance <strong>from</strong> Error), 113 Muntaha˘l-afkår f¥ ibånat al-asrår (The Height of Thoughts concern<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> Clarification of Mysteries), 189 Muntakhab al-khåqån¥ fi kashf ÷aqå˘iq ‘irfån¥ (Royal Selections concern<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> Unveil<strong>in</strong>g of Gnostic Truths), 237 Muqaddimah, al- (Prolegomena), 115 Murata, Sachiko, 286n2 Murcia: <strong>Islamic</strong> philosophy <strong>in</strong>, 155 Muƒåri‘ah, al- (Wrestl<strong>in</strong>g with <strong>the</strong> Philosopher), 169 Murta∂å Mu†ahhar¥. See Mu†ahhar¥, Murta∂å music, 138, 190 muta˘allih, 36 Mu∑†afå ‘Abd al-Råziq, Shaykh. See ‘Abd Råziq, Shaykh Mu∑†afå Mu†ahhar¥, Murta∂å, 18, 117, 254 mutakallim, 38, 50, 51, 119, 129, 133, 135, 292n6 Mu‘tazilism, 97, 121–124, 306n2, 307n7; compulsory practice of, 124; five pr<strong>in</strong>ciples of, 122, 123; <strong>the</strong>ology, 53; <strong>the</strong>ories of a<strong>to</strong>mism, 144 Index 365 Mu‘tazilite school, 38; dom<strong>in</strong>ance <strong>in</strong> kalåm, 49 Mystery of mysteries, 148 The Mystical Treatises (Suhraward¥), 23 mysticism, 214 Naππåm, Ab¨ Is±åq al-, 121, 123 nab¥, al-, 149 Nåbulus¥, ‘Abd al-Ghany¥ al-, 45 Nader, Albert, 306n2 Nadw¥, Sayyid Sulaymån, 173 nafas al-Ra÷mån. See Breath of <strong>the</strong> Compassionate nafs, 134 Nahj al-balåghah (Path of Eloquence), 120 Najaf, 240, 255 Najjår, ‘Al¥ Såm¥ al-, 26 Najjår, Fawz¥ al-, 23 Najm al-D¥n Dab¥rån-i Kåtib¥ Qazw¥n¥. See Qazw¥n¥, Najm al- D¥n Dab¥rån-I Kåtib¥ Names and Qualities (Ibn ‘Arab¥), 87 Nanji, Azim, 308n13 Naqd al-nuq¶d f¥ ma‘rifat al-wuj¶d (Criticism of Criticisms concern<strong>in</strong>g Knowledge of Be<strong>in</strong>gs) (≈mul¥), 87 Naquib al-Attas. See Attas, Naquib al- Naråq¥, Mullå Mu±ammad Mahd¥, 59, 235 Nasaw¥, Ab¨ Na∑r, 172, 173 Nå∑ir al-D¥n al-apple¨s¥. See apple¨s¥, Na∑¥r al-D¥n Na∑¥r al-D¥n Shah, 242 Nå∑ir-i Khusraw, 5, 111, 133, 146, 148, 167, 227, 284n12 Naƒ¥rean Ethics (al-apple¨s¥), 116, 187 Nasr, S.H., 17, 18, 19, 107, 281n9, 282n15, 283n4, 284n10, 284n12, 286n1, 286n3, 287n8, 288n11, 290n34, 290n46, 292n7, 294n5, 294n9, 294n12, 298n23, 298n38,
366 Index Nasr, S.H. (cont<strong>in</strong>ued) 300n3, 301n15, 302n4, 304n1, 305n2, 305n5, 306n13, 307n8, 308n10, 309n31, 310n34, 311n46, 313n61, 313n62, 318n5, 318n36, 319n6, 319n7, 320n12, 320n16, 322n28, 325n6, 328n2, 330n13, 331n1, 338n4, 339n8 nationalism, Arab, 285n21 Native Americans, 7 Natural <strong>Philosophy</strong> (Ibn S¥nå), 177 Nature: Div<strong>in</strong>e, 126; God˘s, 130; philosophy of, 126 Nayr¥z¥, M¥rzå Shihåb al-D¥n, 244 Nayshåb¨r¥, Far¥d al-D¥n Dåmåd al-, 196, 201 Necessary Be<strong>in</strong>g, 66, 71, 72, 141, 142, 181, 237 necessity, 141; of contradiction, 176; dist<strong>in</strong>ction <strong>from</strong> cont<strong>in</strong>gency and impossibility, 71–73, 110 The Necessity of Contradiction <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> World and Determ<strong>in</strong>ism and Subsistence (Khayyåm), 173 Neo-Confucian: philosophical traditions, 8 Neopla<strong>to</strong>nism, 40, 109, 115, 136, 138, 140, 151 Neopythagoreanism, 39, 111, 112 Neo-Thomism, 15 Net<strong>to</strong>n, Ian, 20, 28 Nicholson, Reynold A., 290n4, 301n17 Nicholson, Richard, 337n2 Nihåyat al-iqdåm (The Extremity of Action or Summa Philosophiae), 127 nihilism, 271, 339n6 N<strong>in</strong>eteenth Century: French rationalism, 154; <strong>in</strong>troduction of <strong>Islamic</strong> philosophical texts <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> West, 22, 25; philosophical developments <strong>in</strong>, 24; philosophical traditions, 15 Niπåm al-Mulk, Khwåjah, 44, 164 Niπåm al-D¥n A±mad Dashtak¥. See Dashtak¥, Niπåm al-D¥n A±mad Niπåm¥ curriculum, 207 Niπåmiyyah madrasah, 169 Niπamiyyah school system, 44 Niπåm¥ ‘Ar¨∂¥ Samarqand¥. See Samarqand¥, Niπåm¥ ‘Ar¨∂¥ Noble Quran. See Quran nonexistence, 65 North Africa: <strong>Islamic</strong> philosophy <strong>in</strong>, 156 Notions (al-apple¨s¥), 147 N¶r al-anwår, 160 N¨r¥, M¥rzå ¡asan, 236, 240, 243, 245 N¨r¥, Mullå ‘Al¥, 65, 88, 117, 236, 243 The Object of Worship of <strong>the</strong> Gnostic (Ibn Sab‘¥n), 156 occasionalism, 126, 130, 307n7 Occidental Exile (Suhraward¥), 152 Ode <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> Soul (Ibn S¥nå), 191 Oldmeadow, Harry, 283n4 Omar Khayyam. See Khayyåm, ‘Umar omnipotentialism, 129, 130 <strong>the</strong> One, 148 On Metaphysics (al-K<strong>in</strong>d¥), 109, 137 On <strong>the</strong> Enumeration of <strong>the</strong> Sciences (al-Fåråb¥), 138 On <strong>the</strong> Reality of Love (Suhraward¥), 158 on<strong>to</strong>logy, 2, 86, 172, 216, 226, 232, 251, 253, 262, 300n6; Avicennan, 141, 142 Organon (Aris<strong>to</strong>tle), 110 “Oriental <strong>Philosophy</strong>,” 153, 309n31 “Orient of Light,” 155 Orients of Div<strong>in</strong>e Inspiration (‘Abd al- Razzåq Låh¥j¥), 55 The <strong>Orig<strong>in</strong></strong> and <strong>the</strong> End (Mullå S.adrå), 5555 <strong>the</strong> <strong>Orig<strong>in</strong></strong>a<strong>to</strong>r, 149, 151 <strong>the</strong> Orthodox Church, 3 Ot<strong>to</strong>man: madrasahs, 44 Owen, Robert, 269 Pahlavi period, 117 Pahlaw¥ (sages), 79–82
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