al-Ahsa'i -Bib A-Z

An Annotated Alphabetical Bibliography of Manuscript and Published Writings of Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Zayn al-Dīn al-Ahsāī (d. 1241/1826), with occasional PDfs.

Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Zayn al-Dīn al-Ahsā'ī

Stephen N. Lambden

In progress 2015-6 - being updated Feb.  2015

Ahwal al-Barzakh wa'l-akhira

احوال البرزخ والاخرة. حققه صالح احمد دياب

  • Ahwal al-Barzakh wa'l-akhira ("The Modes of the Ithsmus and the Hereafter"), Beirut: Mu'asasat fikr al-awhad.  W.Cat.
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Dīwān

ديوان الشيخ الأوحد الأحسائي : مجموعة قصائد شيخ المتألهين 

  • Dīwān al-Shaykh al-Awḥad al-Aḥsāʼī : majmūʻat qaṣāʼid Shaykh al-Mutaʼallihīn. ed. Rāḍī Nāṣir Salmān. Beirut : Muʼassasat Fikr al-Awḥad / Damascus: Muʼassasat al-Balāgh, 2003.

Ḥayāt al-nafs ("The Life of the Soul")

  • Ḥayāt al-nafs. Karbala : Maṭbaʻat Ahl al-Bayt, c. 1900. See World. Cat. Copy at Princeton Univ. Arabic Coll.
  • Tarjama-yi Hayat al-nafs. 2nd ed. Kirmān: Chapkhana Sa`ādat, 1353/1975-6. iv + 134pp.
  • Tarjama-yi Hayat al-nafs. Persian translation PDf. Hayat al-nafs.pdf

ʻAbd al-Jalīl Amīr (ed. and commentary). 

شرح حياة النفس في حضرة القدس = Sharḥ ḥayāt al-nafs fī ḥaḍrat al-Quds (Commentary upon the Ḥayāt al-nafs of his Eminence the Sanctified One).

  •  Sharḥ ḥayāt al-nafs fī ḥaḍrat al-Quds. Beirut : Muʼassasat al-Balāgh lil-Ṭibāʻah wa-al-Nashr wa-al-Tawzīʻ, 2006.

جوامع الكلم , Jawāmi` al-Kalim.

The major Compilation entitled جوامع الكلم , Jawāmi` al-Kalim ("The Compendium of Discourse").

A massive collection of Shaykh Aḥmad's writings first made available in several lithographed volumes in mid 19th century Persia.

JK = Jawāmi` al-kilam.  2 composite vols. Tabrīz: Muhammad Tāqī Nakhjavānī, 1273-76/ Vol.1 / i, ii and iii.  1273/1856 & vol. 2 /I  and ii,1276/1959.

Towards a reprint of the Jawāmi` al-kalim of Shaykh Aḥmad al-Aḥsā'ī.  For  Pdfs. See the opening Shaykhism Page on this Website.

كشكول الأحسائي 

Kashkūl ("Begging Bowl") A compilation of  favourite texts-pericopae by Shaykh Aḥmad.

  • Kashkul = al-Kashkūl.  2 vols.  Mss. Alif-9 and Alif-10. Kerman: Shaykhī Library. Weisbaden: Harrasowitch.  *  
  • Kashkūl al-Aḥsāʼī. Beirut : Dār al-Maḥajjah al-Bayḍāʼ : Dār al-Rasūl al-Akram, 2004.

 

كتاب الفوائد   

Kitab al-Fawā'id al-Ḥikmiyya  ("The Book of the Scrutiny of Wisdom")

كتاب الفوائد   

  • Kitab al-Fawā'id al-Ḥikmiyya.

  • Kitab al-Fawā'id al-Ḥikmiyya.

  • Kitab al-Fawā'id al-Ḥikmiyya.   Critical ed. and translation announced by Idris Sawami Hamid (IJSS 1:67 fn.8).

[Kitab] Sharḥ al-Fawā'id  ("The [Book of] The Commentary upon the Scrutiny [of Wisdom]")

Lithograph, select mss.  and other editions:

  • [Kitab] Sharḥ al fawā'id .  Lithograph n.p. [Tabriz?] 1272/1856. Check this.
  • Sharḥ al fawā'id.  Lithograph n. p. [Tabriz?]: 12th Dhu'l-Qad`ah 1274 / 24th June 1858 (= pp.2-323) published at the command of Muhammad Shafī`. This lithograph edition includes (pp. 323-333)  "a small Risālah by [Sayyid] Kāẓim al-Rashtī (d. 1259/1843) in answer to a question put to him by Muhammad Shafī` regarding ḍamīr al-fā'il" (see Brockelmann, GAL Supp. II:845; Gacek,  ALB [1996] No. 274 +317). Copy in McGill Univ. Library. Canada.
  • MS 2 (box 1)  http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/url/colls/mideast/shaykhi.htm

    In the Shaykhiyya  [Shaykhī] collection of the Univ. of Calif. at Los Angelos (UCLA) there is a very well-preserved mss of 307pp dated 9th Shawwal,1233/ 28th Nov. 1808. It is catalogued as follows:  "Kitab Sharḥ al-fawa'id" (Arabic), fully preserved, w. red titles and marked passages. Brown leather binding. - 307 pages of text; 22 lines per page 220 x150 mm (text: 155x70 mm) Dated (p.307): 9. Shawal 1233 H. (= 1818); work written "with the quill of the author, the miserable slave..." etc. (Autograph)

Kitab al-`Iṣmat ("The Book of Infallibility")

  • K-`Iṣmat = K. al-`iṣmat. Beirut: Dār al-`Ālamīyya, 1414/1993. *

Kitab al-Raj`a ("The Book of the Return")

  • Kitāb al-Raj`a. Beirut: al-Dār al-`Ālamiyya. 1414/1993 (XXXpp.).*
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معنى بسيط الحقيقة کل الأشياء =

Maʻná basīṭ al-ḥaqīqah kull al-ashyāʼ ("The meaning of the Unicity of Reality of Everything").

  • Maʻná basīṭ al-ḥaqīqah kull al-ashyāʼ. Beirūt : Dār al-Maḥjjah al-Bayḍāʼ, 2009.

Select Rasā'il  (sing. Risala) of Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i

  • Risāla fī jawāb ba`ḍi al-ikhwān min Iṣfahān (Epistle in Reply to some of the Brethren from Isfahan)

  • Risāla fī jawāb ba`ḍi al-ikhwān min Iṣfahān  in Majmū`at al-Rasā'il.. vol. 30  (Kirmān: Maṭba`at al-Sa`āda, nd) pp.193-215.
  • Trans. Lambden (ongoing): URL: http://www.hurqalya.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/SHAYKHISM/SA-Isfahanf.htm
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شرح الكتاب الحكمة العرشية

Sharḥ Kitab al-Hikmat al-`Arshiyya (Commentary upon the Wisdom of the Throne) of Mulla Sadr al-Din Shirazi.

On Mulla Sadra see URL

 This work is a commentary by Shaykh Aḥmad upon the Kitāb al-ḥikma al-`arshiyya ("The Book of the Wisdom of the Throne") by Muhammad Sadr al-Dīn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Shirazi, known as Mullā Sadrā (d. 1050/1640). This 100 or so page work of Mullā Sadrā with the title Kitāb al-`arshiyya (The Book of the Throne) has recently, in 1429/2000 (1st printing) been printed in Beirut by the Mu'asassa al-Tārīkh al-`Arabiyya ("The Arab History Estate"). Earlier editions include, Mullā Sadrā , al-Ḥikma al-`arshiyya on pp. 110-214 of the composite Mulla Sadra lithograph of 1315/1897-8 (which also includes the Mashā'ir + other  commentaries).

  • al-Ḥikma al-'arshiyya ("The Wisdom of the Throne"), ed. with Persian paraphrase by G. R. Ahani, Isfahan, 1962

  • Trans. and intro. J.W. Morris, The Wisdom of the Throne: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mulla Sadra, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1982.

Editions of Shaykh Ahmad's Commentary

  • Sharḥ al-kitāb al-ḥikma al-`arshiyya ("Commentary upon the Book of the Wisdom of the Throne"). Lithograph 1st ed. in 2 vols. Vol.1 [Tabriz: ADD] 1271/ 1854-5 and vol.2 [Tabriz: ADD, 1278-9/1861-2.
  • Sharḥ Kitab al-Hikmat al-`Arshiyya  2 vols. 2nd. ed. Kirmān: Sa`ada. n. d.
  • Sharḥ al-`Arshiyya  3 vols. ed. Salib Ahmad al-Dabab  Beirut: Mu'asasat al-Balagh 2007 (?).

  كتاب شرح المشاعر

Kitab Sharḥ al-mashā'ir ("Commentary upon the Book of  Metaphysical Penetrations") of Mulla Sadr al-Din Shirazi.

Editions and Translations of Mulla Ṣadra's Kitāb al-Mashā`ir. 

  • Lithograph 1st ed. Tehran: ADD., 1315/1897-8.
  • Kitab al-masha'ir (The Book of Metaphysical Penetrations), ed., trans. and intro. by H. Corbin, Le livre des pénétrations métaphysiques, Paris: Départment d'Iranologie de l'Institut Franco-Iranien de Recherche, and Tehran: Librairie d'Amerique et d'Orient Adrien-Maisonneuve, Bibliothèque Iranienne vol. 10, 1964 + 1982 + French portion re-edited Lagrasse: Verdier, 1988; ed. and trans. P. Morewedge, The Metaphysics of Mulla Sadra, New York: Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy and Science, 1992.
  • Kitāb al-mashā'ir. ed. and trans. Henri Corbin, Live des pénétrationes Métaphysiques. Tehran + Paris, 1964; also rep. 1982 = Tehran: Institut Francais d'Iranologie de Tehran [1968] + Paris: Librarie d'Amérique et d'Orient, A. Maisonneuve, rep. 1982 Kitāb-khānih: Tahūrī (= Bibliotheque Iranienne, Vol. 10). Contents in 1982 repr. = Ar. section, K. Mashā`ir pp. 1-81; Per. trans. pp.84-220; French section. I. Intro. Biog. of Mullā Muhammadadrā, 1-26; Ch. II = Bibiographical essay re: Mullā Sadrā, pp. 27-41. Ch. III = Kitāb al-Mashā`ir, +Ar. and Per. commentaries, pp.42-52 includes refs. to Shaykh Aḥmad's comm, pp. 47-50. etc. Corbin's French trans + notes, spans pp.87-242. The French index records extensive refs. to Shaykh Aḥmad's comm (for the list see p. 243). *
  • Molla Sadra Shirazi, Le Live des Pénétrationes Métaphysiques (Kitāb al-Mashā`ir) Ed. + trans.etc. Henri Corbin. Editiones Verdier, 1988 (ISBN 2-86432-070-3). The above volume is a reprint of the 1964 French introduction (pp.1-78) and translation (pp. 81-164) with extensive notes (pp.166-234) + index (pp. 235-232), etc..
  • Lahijani, M. J., Commentary on the Recital of Mashā`ir. ed. + notes, J. Ashtiyani (Mashhad, 1965). 1992
  • Parwiz Morewedge (trans.), The Metaphysics of Mulla Sadra. Kitāb al-Mashā`ir, The Book of [Metaphysical] Prehensions (Islamic Philosophy Translation Series = ISPTS) The Institute for Cultural Studies, Tehran Iran. Sponsors = The Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy and Science [SSIPS]. New York, 1992 (ISBN 0-9633277-1-2). This is a translation from the Corbin edition (with occasional corrections and notes); the Arabic and its English translation face each other from page 1-88 (Ar.+ Eng. beginning). Notes are included from p.89ff.
  • Muhammad Sadr al-Dīn al-Shirazi, Mullā Sadrā Shirazi, Kitāb al-Mashā`ir . Introd. Henry Corbin (Arabic trans.). Beirut: The Arabic History Est. / Mu`assat al-Tarikh al-`Arabi. 1420/2000. 128pp. (incl. introd. and index).

Editions of Shaykh Aḥmad al-Ahsa'i's Commentary

A commentary by Shaykh Aḥmad upon the Kitāb al-mashā'ir ("The Book of the [Metaphysical] Prehensions") by Sadra al-Dīn Muhammad b. Ibrahim al-Shirazi, known as Mullā Sadrā (d. 1050/1640). According to Nasr, the Kitāb al-mashā`ir. of Mullā Sadrā is a "synopsis of his ontology"(1978:44). Apart from being lithographed in Tehran in 1315/1897-8 this work has been newly edited and published by Henri Corbin (d.1978) along with his French translation and a Persian translation of the Qajar prince-philosopher Badī` al-Mulk Mīrzā `Imād al-Dawlah:

Kitāb al-mashā'ir. ed. and trans. Henri Corbin, Live des pénétrationes Métaphysiques. Tehran + Paris, 1964; also rep. 1982 = Tehran: Institut Francais d'Iranologie de Tehran [1968] + Paris: Librarie d'Amérique et d'Orient, A. Maisonneuve, rep. 1982 Kitāb-khānih: Tahūrī (= Bibliotheque Iranienne, Vol. 10).

Contents in 1982 repr. = Ar. section, K. Mashā`ir pp. 1-81; Per. trans. pp.84-220; French section. I. Intro. Biog. of Mullā Muhammadadrā, 1-26; Ch. II = Bibiographical essay re: Mullā Muhammadadrā, pp. 27-41. Ch. III = Kitāb al-Mashā`ir, +Ar. and Per. commentaries, pp.42-52 includes refs. to Shaykh Aḥmad's comm, pp. 47-50. etc. Corbin's French trans + notes, spans pp.87-242. The French index

  • [Kitāb] Sharḥ al-Mashā`ir.
  • [Kitāb] Sharḥ al-Mashā`ir. Lithograph n. p. [Tehran] 1277/1861
  • Sharḥ al-mashā'ir. n,p. [Tabriz] n.d. [before 1285 AH]. Copy in Library of Toshihiko Izutzu (see Consciousness and Reality, 2000: 453 No.11).
  • [Kitāb] Sharḥ al-Mashā`ir  2nd ed. Kirman: Matba`at al-Sa`ada, 1408/ADD
  • [Kitāb] Sharḥ  al-Mashā`ir
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Sharḥ al-Ziyāra (Commentary on the [Prayer of] Visitation"). = Sh-Ziyara.

 

A commentary on the al-Ziyāra al-jāmi'a al-kabīra ("The Greater Comprehensive Visitation Text")

  • Sharḥ al-ziyāra al-jāmi'a al-kabīra.  Ramaḍan 1256 / Oct-Nov. 1840.... (?)
  • Sharḥ al-ziyāra al-jāmi'a al-kabīra. Tehran Lithograph ed. Mullā Muhammad Nizam al-`Ulamā. 4 vols. in 1. Ramadan, 1267 / July 1851 Camb. Univ. Lib. S828.a.85.2 (Momen, BSBM1)
  • Sharḥ al-ziyāra al-jāmi'a al-kabīra. Tehran 1267/1850-51
  • Sharḥ al-Ziyāra al-jāmi'a al-kabīra. Lithograph ed. Tabriz: Dar al-Taba`at... Ustad Hajji Mashhadi Aqa ibn Aqa Ahmad Tabrizi + Muhammad Taqi ibn Rida' al-Nakhjavani; Calligraphed by Mirza Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Shafi` Khūshnavīs  2 vols. in one. n. p. [= Tabriz], 1276 / 1859. 458pp..
  • Sharḥ al-Ziyāra al-jāmi'a al-kabīra. Tabriz Lithograph, n.d.  Calligraphed by Ibn Muhammad Shafi` Khūshnavīs Muhammad `Alī al-Tabrizi (459pp. ). See Brockelmann, GAL Supp. II:845; Tehrani, al-Dhari`ah, 13:1116;  Gacek 1996 No. 330, p.182.
  • Sharḥ al-ziyāra al-jāmi'a al-kabīra. Tehran [1267/1850-51]; 4th ed., 4 vols. Kirmān, 1355-6/1976-7.
  • Sharḥ al-ziyāra al-jāmi'a al-kabīra.4 Vol ed. Kirmān: Maṭba'at al-Sa'ādat, 1355-6 Sh./1976-7. The (reprinted?) 4th ed. I have seen is paginated as follows: Vol. 1 has Introd. pp.1-26 dated 29th Sha`ban, 1398/ 4th August 1978 + Image of Shaykh Aḥmad + Index pp. 28-34 + text of Sh-Ziyāra, pp.1-421. Vol.2 Index alif-ha+ Text of Sh-Ziyāra, pp.1-366; Vol.3 Index alif-ha+ Text of Sh-Ziyāra, pp.1-374; Vol. 4 Index alif-zein+ text of Sh-Ziyāra, pp.1-335+ 2 pages of errata + Index to all 4 vols. in 3 parts spanning 71pp. In this printing of the 4th ed. Shaykh Aḥmad's extensive commentary on the Sharḥ al-ziyāra consists of 421+ 366 +374+335 pages = total of 1456 pp.
  • Sharḥ al-ziyāra al-jāmi`a al-kabīra  4 vols. Beirut: Dār al-Mufīd, 1420/1999/. These seminal vols. can be obtained, for example, from the USA located Fadak bks: http://fadakbooks.com/shalal1.html
  • Sharḥ al-ziyāra al-jāmi`a al-kabīra  4 vols. Beirut: Dār al-Mufīd, 1424/2003.
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Tafsīr Sūrat al-Tawḥīd

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  • Tafsīr sūrat al-tawḥīd.  2nd ed. Kirmān: Maṭba`at al-Sa`āda. 1379/1959-60.

Trans. Lambden (ongoing) : See opening Shaykhism page on this site.

 

Other Compilations of the Writings of Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i

· Majmu`at al-rasā'il min musnafat al-Shaykh.. Aḥmad. volume 30 [ = MajR-30 ]. Kirman: Matba`a al-Sa`ada,  2nd  ed.Kirman, n.d.  *

·  R-Hikma = Rasā’il al-ḥikma.  Beirut: al-Dār al-`Ālamiyya.  1414/1993.  *