Name: Shining Sun
Brand: Islamic College for Advanced Studies Pub. (UK)
SKU: 9781904063407
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Shining Sun

In Memory of Allamah Tabatabai

By (author): Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Husayni Tihrani, Translated by: Tawus Raja

Published by Islamic College for Advanced Studies Pub. (UK)

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 428
ISBN: 9781904063407
Publication Date: 17-May-2011

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Islam

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Shining Sun is a tribute to the life and thought of the renowned Islamic scholar, Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai, written soon after he passed away by one of his students. It includes an overview of Tabatabais life and transcriptions of discussions between Tabatabai and his student. These discussions cover history, philosophy, mysticism, theology, and the Quran. In addition to being a useful reference work on Shii thought, Shining Sun captures the essence of the ethics and morals of the Islamic scholarly tradition in a simpler time.

Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i (1904-1981) was born in Tabriz, Iran. He authored the renowned twenty-volume Qur'anic commentary al-Mizan fi Tafsir al-Qur'an as well as several groundbreaking works on Islamic philosophy and mysticism. Additionally, he wrote numerous books on Shia history and doctrine to bring about a better understanding of Shiism

Allamah Tabatabai is undoubtedly the major Shia thinker of modern times, and his impact on Persian philosophy and theology is incomparable. It is wonderful to see the Persian tradition of respecting great intellectual personalities continuing in modern times. -- Oliver Leaman, University of Kentucky