Mullā Shamsā (d. 1654) on Atemporal Creation (ḥudūth dahrī)
The present article provides a new interpretation of the theory of ḥudūth dahrī associated with the Iranian philosopher Mīr Dāmād (d.1631) and his followers. Relying mainly on a treatise by Mīr Dāmād’s student Mullā Shamsā Gīlānī (d.1654), I emphasize the closeness of the theory to the view, advocat...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Oriens
Year: 2025, Volume: 53, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 79-102 |
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Islamic Philosophy
B Safavid philosophy B Time B Mullā Shamsā B Mīr Dāmād B creation ex nihilo B primacy of being |
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| Summary: | The present article provides a new interpretation of the theory of ḥudūth dahrī associated with the Iranian philosopher Mīr Dāmād (d.1631) and his followers. Relying mainly on a treatise by Mīr Dāmād’s student Mullā Shamsā Gīlānī (d.1654), I emphasize the closeness of the theory to the view, advocated by Islamic theologians, that the world and time are not pre-eternal and came into existence ex nihilo. By contrast, I argue that the doctrine of "the primacy of essence" and Neoplatonic notions of "higher time" or "meta-time" are inessential to the theory. |
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| ISSN: | 1877-8372 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Oriens
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18778372-12340042 |
