Pourjavady, Nasrollah, 318n2, 319n7, 320n13 presence, 89 Pre-Socratic, 4 pr<strong>in</strong>cipiality, 215; of be<strong>in</strong>g, 89; of existence, 87; of måhiyyah , 176; of wuj¶d, 77–80, 176 Proclus, 88 Prolegomena (Ibn Khald¨n), 115, 157 prophecy: Abrahamic, 93, 215; accessibility of knowledge through, 93; angelology and, 229; cycle of, 37; function of, 133; illum<strong>in</strong>ation and, 228, 229; reality of, 94, 129, 135, 227, 273; relation <strong>to</strong> philosophy, 146 <strong>the</strong> Prophet, 57, 101, 120, 125, 132, 161, 175, 178, 217, 225, 228 Prophet of Islam. See <strong>the</strong> Prophet Provisions of <strong>the</strong> Traveler (Mullå S.adrå), 180 psychology: traditional, 6 Pure Be<strong>in</strong>g, 90, 215 Purification of Morals (Ibn Musk¨yah), 112, 139 The Purposes of <strong>the</strong> Philosophers (al- Ghazzål¥), 113 The Pyramid of Be<strong>in</strong>g (Yazd¥), 252 Pythagoras, 2, 4, 7, 150, 229, 281n1, 303n9 Pythagoreans, 159, 224 Qå∂¥ ‘Abd al-Jabbår. 122 Qå∂¥ Sa‘¥d Qumm¥. See Qumm¥, Qå∂¥ Sa‘¥d Qådir, al-, 178 qahr, 151 Qajar period, 135 Qån¶n fi˘l-†ibb, al- (The Canon of Medic<strong>in</strong>e), 140, 206 Qaråmalik¥, A±mad Faråmarz, 321n23 Qarash¥, Ab¨˘l-Majd Mu±ammad Tabr¥z¥ Malakån¥, 190 Qashqå˘¥, Jahång¥r Khån, 236, 243 Qay∑ar¥, Då˘¨d al-, 39, 45, 51, 76, 116, 191 Index 369 Qazw<strong>in</strong>, 240 Qazw¥n¥, Dab¥rån-i Kåtib¥. See Kåtib¥ Qazw¥n¥, Dab¥rån-i Qazw¥n¥, Mullå ≈qå-yi, 236, 240 Qazw¥n¥, Sayyid Ab¨˘l-¡asan Raf¥‘¥, 117, 246, 249, 276, 326n15 Qom, 59, 235, 238, 252, 254, 255 Quadri, Goffredo, 25 Quantum Enigma (Wolfgang Smith), 171 quiddity, 141, 172, 215, 293n1; dist<strong>in</strong>ct <strong>from</strong> existence, 141; existence and, 70, 175; <strong>in</strong>tellect and, 70 Qumm¥, Qå∂¥ Sa‘¥d, 219, 235 Qumsha˘¥, ≈qå Mu±ammad Ri∂å, 236, 238, 239, 241– 244 Qunyaw¥, S.adr al-D¥n al-, 45, 74 Quran, 7, 35, 37, 64, 102; commands <strong>from</strong> God <strong>in</strong>, 148; cosmology of, 149; on God as First and Last, 75; hierarchy of be<strong>in</strong>gs and, 77; <strong>in</strong>terpretations of, 268; nature of revelation <strong>in</strong>, 96; shortcom<strong>in</strong>gs of Ash‘arite approach and, 52; as source of philosophical speculation, 109; teach<strong>in</strong>g on transcendent unity of be<strong>in</strong>g, 74; teach<strong>in</strong>gs of, 108; traditional scholars of, 121; verses of, 175, 176, 177 Quranic: commentary, 14, 133, 190, 200, 201, 206, 224, 227, 330n14; doctr<strong>in</strong>e of revelation, 98; jurisprudence, 133; revelations, 6, 25, 26, 226, 231; verses, 228, 324n1 Qu†b al-D¥n al-Sh¥råz¥. See Sh¥råz¥, Qu†b al-D¥n Qu†b al-D¥n Ashkiwar¥. See Ashkiwar¥, Qu†b al-D¥n Qu†b al-Zamån Mu±ammad alappleabas¥. See appleabas¥, Qu†b al-Zamån Mu±ammad Rab‘-i Rash¥d¥ (Tabriz), 44, 190 Ri∂å-zådah Malik, Ra±¥m, 314n6, 318n38
370 Index Raf¥‘ al-D¥n Sh¥råz¥. See Sh¥råz¥, Raf¥‘ al-D¥n Rå÷at al-‘aql (Repose of <strong>the</strong> Intellect), 111, 146 Rahman, Fazlur, 18, 19, 294n6, 303n11, 310n36, 328n2 Ra<strong>in</strong>e, Kathleen, 330n18 Rajab ‘Al¥ Tabr¥z¥, Mullå. See Tabr¥z¥, Mullå Rajab ‘Al¥ Rashid, Roshdi, 325n8 Rash¥d al-D¥n Fa∂l Allåh, 43, 44, 190, 192, 291n48 Rasht¥, ≈qå Mu±ammad Ri∂å, 239 Rasht¥, M¥rzå Håshim, 247 ratioc<strong>in</strong>ation, 77, 95, 99; criticism of, 40 rationalism, 113, 224, 229, 271; Aris<strong>to</strong>telian, 157; French, 154 Råz¥, Ab¨ ¡at¥m al-, 133, 144 Råz¥, Fakhr al-D¥n al-, 39, 43, 49, 50, 53, 64, 69, 70, 74, 97, 113, 128, 162, 168, 189, 192, 201 Råz¥, M¥r Qawåm al-D¥n, 219 Råz¥, Mu±ammad ibn Zakariyyå˘ al-, 42, 112, 143; a<strong>to</strong>mism and, 144; celebrated as physician, musician, alchemist, 144, 145; denial of necessity of prophecy by, 144; ethics and, 144; <strong>in</strong>dependence of, 145; philosophical views of, 144, 145 Råz¥, Qu†b al-D¥n al-, 113, 205 reality: absolute, 81; cosmic, 131; diversity of thoughts on structure of, 80–84; Div<strong>in</strong>e, 176; of God, 67, 80, 129, 172, 181; metaphysics and, 295n18; Mu±ammadan, 218, 227; <strong>in</strong> relation <strong>to</strong> wuj¶d, 71; as <strong>the</strong> Pr<strong>in</strong>ciple, 90; of prophecy, 94, 135, 227; of revelation, 135; structure of, 80–84; supernal, 102; Ultimate, 295n15; understand<strong>in</strong>g nature of, 65; of wuj¶d, 73–74, 80–84 reason: emotion and, 102; faith and, 93; harmonization with faith, 115; <strong>Islamic</strong> perspectives on, 93–103; possession of faculty of, 102; as reflection of <strong>in</strong>tellect, 94–95 Reconstruction of Religious Thought <strong>in</strong> Islam (Iqbål), 129 reductionism, 267, 271, 339n6 Regimen of <strong>the</strong> Solitary (Ibn Båjjah), 114, 152 relativism, 271 religion(s): comparative, 220, 221; documentation of foundations of, 57; Indian, 6; Iranian, 6; philosophy of, 145, 154; rapport with falsafah, 43; relation <strong>to</strong> philosophy, 36, 312n59 Renaissance, 13, 131, 158, 217, 260, 262, 266 Renan, Ernst, 16, 29, 154, 312n57 Repose of <strong>the</strong> Intellect (al-Kirmån¥), 111, 146 revelation: alpha and omega of, 102; complementary nature with <strong>in</strong>tellection, 96; defense of, 135; illum<strong>in</strong>ation of <strong>in</strong>tellect and, 96; <strong>Islamic</strong>, 100; as means for atta<strong>in</strong>ment of truth, 96; messages of <strong>the</strong> heart and, 100, 101; partial, 96; Quranic, 98, 231; reality of, 135; universal, 96; verities of, 95 The Revivification of <strong>the</strong> Sciences of Religion (al-Ghazzål¥), 190 Rhazes. See Råz¥, Mu±ammad ibn Zakariyyå˘ The R<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>the</strong> Dove (Ibn ¡azm), 114 Risålah dar ‘ilm-i kulliyyåt-i wuj¶d (Treatise on <strong>the</strong> Science of <strong>the</strong> Universal Pr<strong>in</strong>ciples of Be<strong>in</strong>g), 174 Risålah fi˘l-‘aql (Treatise on <strong>the</strong> Intellect), al-, 98 Risålah fi˘l-kawn wa˘l-takl¥f, al- (Treatise on <strong>the</strong> Realm of Existence and Human Responsibility), 172 Risålah fi˘l-wuj¶d, al- (Treatise on Be<strong>in</strong>g), 175 Risålah f¥ ta÷q¥qåt al-ƒifåt, al- (Treatise concern<strong>in</strong>g Verifictions of <strong>the</strong> Qualities), 175 Risålah f¥ wa÷dat al-wuj¶d bal almawj¶d (Treatise on <strong>the</strong> Unity
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