ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad Najm al-Dīn Rāzī, -1256 or 1257
Dāyah, Najm al-Dīn, -1256 or 1257
Daye, Necmeddin, -1256 or 1257
Najm al-Dīn Abū Bakr ibn Muḥammad, -1256 or 1257
Najm al-Dīn Dāyah, -1256 or 1257
Najm Rāzī, -1256 or 1257
Necmeddin Daye, -1256 or 1257
Necmüddin Dâye, -1256 or 1257
Rāzī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad Najm al-Dīn, -1256 or 1257
نجم الدين أبو بكر عبد الله بن محمد رازى, -1256 or 1257
نجم الدين الرازي، عبد الله بن محمد, -1256 or 1257
نجم الدين رازى، عبد الله بن محمد, -1256 or 1257
نجم الدين رازى، عبدالله بن محمد, -1256 or 1257
Manuscripts by this author
Baḥr al-ḥaqāʾiq, ʿAyn al-ḥayāt, and al-Taʾwīlāt al-najmiya
A commentary on the Qur’an. Although it has generally been attributed to Najm al-Din Razi for being the larger contributor, this work is rather a jointly composition
started by Najm al-Din Kubra,
followed by Razi and finished by
Simnani. Show more
The work contains some similarities with the Mirṣād al-ʻibād but with a reduction in
the Sufi section and an expansion on the sections dealing with the power of Kings in the original work. Each chapter of the work
opens with a Psalm from the Old Testament. Show more
A Sufi work treating of the spiritual progress (سلوک) of the soul through its
three Stages: a) the original state (المبداء), b) the present life (المعاش)and the
world to come (المعاد) Show more
The author says in the introduction, that, while several works had been written
on the above subject in Arabic, none existed in the Persian language, and that,
although repeatedly urged by his disciples to supply that deficiency, he had been
prevented from doing so by the disturbed state of Khurāsān (Iran) and Iraq, which culminated in the Mongol
invasion, 617.
Finding his dwelling place, Ḥamadān
(Iran), threatened, he fled, with some disciples, 618, to Ardabīl (Iran), from whence, seeking for a
country in which the true faith, safety and regard for merit, still prevailed, he
was advised to go to Rūm (Anatolia)
Having reached Kayseri (Turkey), he
found there sufficient leisure to write the present work, which, as we learn from
the conclusion, he completed in Sivas
(Turkey), 620, under the auspices of Sultan
Kayqubad I (1188-1237)
This work is considered the author’s masterpiece. It is written “with a fluency, vigour and eloquence that qualify it for
comparison with the best of classical Persian prose” (). A highly influential work among other
Kubrawi authors that achieved a widespread distribution, with numerous copies surviving in Central Asia, Turkey, Iran,
India and Europe. The work
is a treatise on Sufism, covering different aspects of Sufi beliefs and practices. Show more
A treatise on the virtues of love and intellect that has some similarities with the Mirsad. It has been suggested that this work could
have been a preliminary work to the author’s masterpiece. (pp. 16).
