This work is a refutation written in response to "Mīzān al-ḥaqq fī al-radd ʿalā al-muslimīn", written by a Christian priest called Henry Martyn (known as Padri). Henry Martyn had initiated a number of objections against Islam and presented them in a treatise. In opposition, a number of scholars stood up to respond, including Ākhund Narāqī in his book, Sayf al-Ummah. Apparently, the answers could not have any effect on his ideas, and he was still determined on his objections, until Muḥammad Riz̤ā ibn Muḥammad Amīn Hamadānī authored Irshād al-muz̤illīn to remove Henry's doubts, a book comprised of an introduction, two "mishkāt"s [disagreements], and a conclusion. The introduction is entitled "Dar Bayān-i vujūb-i takhlīyah-i qalb az shavāʾib-i shukūk va taḥliyah-i ẓāhir va bāṭin bi-ḥilyah-i ṣidq va ṣavāb". The first mishkāt has two "miṣbāḥ"s [enlightments]. The first miṣbāḥ is "Dar bayān-i vujūb-i luṭf bar laṭīf-i baṣīr va vujūb-i aṣlaḥ bar ʿalīm-i khabīr". The second miṣbāḥ is "Dar vujūb-i ʾījād-i ashyāʾ bar naḥv-i aṣlaḥ". The second mishkāt is "Dar bayān-i īrādātī kih kishīsh-i naṣrānī bar fāz̤il-i muʿāṣir namūd". The conclusion is to address some of the religious questions. Muḥammad Riz̤ā Hamadānī had originally compiled his refutations in a more comprehensive book called Miftāḥ al-nubuvvah (published 1240 AH/1825), of which he created a selection under the title of Irshād al-muz̤illīn. The present book is dedicated to Fatḥʿalīshāh. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Title

This work is a refutation written in response to "Mīzān al-ḥaqq fī al-radd ʿalā al-muslimīn", written by a Christian priest called Henry Martyn (known as Padri). Henry Martyn had initiated a number of objections against Islam and presented them in a treatise. In opposition, a number of scholars stood up to respond, including Ākhund Narāqī in his book, Sayf al-Ummah. Apparently, the answers could not have any effect on his ideas, and he was still determined on his objections, until Muḥammad Riz̤ā ibn Muḥammad Amīn Hamadānī authored Irshād al-muz̤illīn to remove Henry's doubts, a book comprised of an introduction, two "mishkāt"s [disagreements], and a conclusion. The introduction is entitled "Dar Bayān-i vujūb-i takhlīyah-i qalb az shavāʾib-i shukūk va taḥliyah-i ẓāhir va bāṭin bi-ḥilyah-i ṣidq va ṣavāb". The first mishkāt has two "miṣbāḥ"s [enlightments]. The first miṣbāḥ is "Dar bayān-i vujūb-i luṭf bar laṭīf-i baṣīr va vujūb-i aṣlaḥ bar ʿalīm-i khabīr". The second miṣbāḥ is "Dar vujūb-i ʾījād-i ashyāʾ bar naḥv-i aṣlaḥ". The second mishkāt is "Dar bayān-i īrādātī kih kishīsh-i naṣrānī bar fāz̤il-i muʿāṣir namūd". The conclusion is to address some of the religious questions. Muḥammad Riz̤ā Hamadānī had originally compiled his refutations in a more comprehensive book called Miftāḥ al-nubuvvah (published 1240 AH/1825), of which he created a selection under the title of Irshād al-muz̤illīn. The present book is dedicated to Fatḥʿalīshāh. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Shelfmark

Wadh.Minasian 273

Place of origin

Unknown place of origin

Date

1838

Language

Persian

Contents

Form

codex

Support

Western paper (watermark), natural buff, varying thickness (thin, regular and thick), glossy.

Physical extent

82 ff.

Hands

Shikastah, regular hand, one hand; marginalia in Shikastah. Titles are blank. The copy was scribed with a very elegant script at the time of the author, and could even be scribed by the author himself.

Acquisition

Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasianin 1972.

Subject

Islam--Doctrines

Jurisprudence