Muhammad Sadiq Ardestani (died 1721) is one of the

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philosophers during

Safavid Safavid Iran or Safavid Persia (), also referred to as the Safavid Empire, '. was one of the greatest Iranian empires after the 7th-century Muslim conquest of Persia, which was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty. It is often conside ...

period.

Life

Molla Muhammad Sadiq Ardestani, according to

Henry Corbin Henry Corbin (14 April 1903 – 7 October 1978)Shayegan, DaryushHenry Corbin in Encyclopaedia Iranica. was a French philosopher, theologian, and Iranologist, professor of Islamic studies at the École pratique des hautes études. He was influe ...

, lived in the catastrophic period namely when Shah Sultan Hossein ruled out. his time coincided with siege of

Isfahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...

by Afghans.

Works

Ardestani has two primarily works in

Islamic philosophy Islamic philosophy is philosophy that emerges from the Islamic tradition. Two terms traditionally used in the Islamic world are sometimes translated as philosophy—falsafa (literally: "philosophy"), which refers to philosophy as well as logic, ...

. his main work is Hikmah sadiqiya (the author's personal philosophy). this book has written by one of the pupil of Ardestani by the name of Mulla Hamzah Gilani. he had also glossary on

The Book of Healing ''The Book of Healing'' (; ; also known as ) is a scientific and philosophical encyclopedia written by Abu Ali ibn Sīna (aka Avicenna) from medieval Persia, near Bukhara in Maverounnahr. He most likely began to compose the book in 1014, comp ...

and some commentaries on

Quran The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Classical Arabic, Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation in Islam, revelation from God in Islam, ...

's surah.

Philosophical views

Aredestani, like

molla Sadra Ṣadr ad-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī, more commonly known as Mullā Ṣadrā ( fa, ملا صدرا; ar, صدر المتألهین) (c. 1571/2 – c. 1635/40 CE / 980 – 1050 AH), was a Persian Twelver Shi'i Islamic mystic, philosopher, the ...

, criticized Avicenna and Avicennans views. he, following

Mulla Sadra Ṣadr ad-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī, more commonly known as Mullā Ṣadrā ( fa, ملا صدرا; ar, صدر المتألهین) (c. 1571/2 – c. 1635/40 CE / 980 – 1050 AH), was a Persian Twelver Shi'i Islamic mystic, philosopher, the ...

, believes that the faculty of imagination is immaterial. according to

, Ardestani had difficulties when he was to explain the interconnection the universal soul with body.of course Ardestani try to solve the problem by the conception epiphany or

tajalli Tajalli ( fa, تجلی, divine self-manifestation) is the appearance and disclosure of God as truth in Islamic theoretical mysticism. Tajalli is a process by which God reveals Himself in concrete forms. Meaning Tajalli literally means "manifestat ...

References

Bibliography

* {{Cite book, title=History Of Islamic Philosophy, first=Henry, last=Corbin, year=1993, publisher=Routledge, isbn=978-1135198893

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