Imam al-Murshid bi-llāh al-Shajarī (D. 479AH)

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Imam al-Murshid Billāh al-Shajarī

Abū al-Ḥusayn Yaḥyā ibn al-Ḥusayn — Peace Be Upon Him

Translated from Arabic  |  Source: Al-Tuhaf Sharh al-Zulaf التحف شرح الزلف

Identity

Imam al-Murshid Billāh, Abū al-Ḥusayn Yaḥyā ibn al-Ḥusayn. Son of Imam al-Muwaffaq Billāh al-Jurjānī (peace be upon him).

His Call & Death

Called to God in the Jīl, Daylam, al-Rayy, and Jurjān. Died 479 AH, at the age of sixty-seven.

His Works

Author of two celebrated Amālī — the Greater (al-Khamīsiyya) and the Lesser (al-Ithnayniyya / al-Anwār).

His Identity & Call

Imam al-Murshid Billāh, Abū al-Ḥusayn Yaḥyā ibn al-Ḥusayn — son of Imam al-Muwaffaq Billāh al-Jurjānī (peace be upon him). He called to God upon the path of his righteous predecessors in the following regions:

Al-Jīl Al-Daylam Al-Rayy Jurjān

He passed on in the year 479 AH at the age of sixty-seven years.

His Authored Works
  • Al-Amālī al-Kubrā — The Greater Dictations Known as: al-Khamīsiyya (the Thursday Dictations)
  • Al-Amālī al-Ṣughrā — The Lesser Dictations Known as: al-Ithnayniyya (the Monday Dictations), also named al-Anwār (The Lights)
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Primary Source Al-Tuḥaf Sharḥ al-Zulaf Imam Majd al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad al-Muʾayyidī الإمام مجد الدين بن محمد المؤيدي
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