Pizhuhish nāmah-i intiqādī-i mutūn va barnāmah hā-yi ̒ulūm-i insāni (Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of Human Sciences)

A Critical Review of the Book "Rovzat ol-Muridin" and Some Notes on Its Publication

Document Type : Review Artical

Author

Yadollah Nasrollahi

Associate Professor of Persian Language and Literature, Azarbijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2025.50747.2898
Abstract
"Rovzat ol-Muridin" is a mystical prose work written in Arabic by Abu Ja'far ibn Yazdaniyar Hamadani (380-472). Today, there are manuscripts of this work in the world, and Suri and Pourjavadi have corrected and published this work for the first time. The book "Rovzat ol-Muridin" is a concise and comprehensive work that has 44 chapters and is written in simple and fluent language. The main question is what the place of "Rovzat ol-Muridin" in mystical sources is, and what the value and importance of this source is. This work is similar to other mystical works of that period and explains mystical principles in a simple way. Dividing topics into types can be considered one of its expressive techniques. The editors have presented the book in three parts: introduction, text, and notes, along with an index. They had eleven copies in their hands in correcting the text, seven of which were used. There are some questions and even doubts, especially about the author. However, now that "Rovzat ol-Muridin" has been published, scholars will certainly raise some questions and answers about the work and its author, and by recognizing another legacy of mysticism, they will deepen and enrich this process. And certainly, in the future, there will be more discussion about the status of Ibn Yazdaniyar and the honor of "Rovzat ol-Muridin".

Keywords

"Rovzat ol-Muridin"
Muhammad Suri and Nasrallah Pourjavadi
Mysticism
Hamadan Sufism
4th Century

Subjects

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  • Receive Date 17 December 2024
  • Revise Date 05 April 2025
  • Accept Date 23 April 2025

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