Nahj al-Haq wa Kashf al-Sedq

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Nahj al-Haqq wa Kashf al-Sidq
AuthorAllamah Al-Hilli
LanguageArabic
Genretheology, jurisprudence
Publication date
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Media typePrint book

Nahj al-Haqq wa Kashf al-Sidq[1] (Arabic: نهج الحق وكشف الصدق — "Way of rightness and discovering truth") is a book written by Allamah Al-Hilli (Died: 726). It presented claims that Sunnism was at odds with the Quran and that Shiism was the correct interpretation of Islam.

Author[edit]

Abu Mansur Jamal Addin Hasan Ibn Yousuf Ibn Motahhar known as Allamah Al-Hilli (b.1250/died:1325) was the author.[2] He is best known for his writing on jurisprudence and theology.[3]

History[edit]

Fazl Ibn Rouzbahan Isfahani wrote Ibtal Al Batel Va Ihmal Kashf Al Atel, which rejected Nahj al-Haqq wa Kashf al-Sidq. Shahid Qadi Nou Allah Shoushtari criticized the latter and defended Hilli in Ihqaq Al Haq.[4]

Content[edit]

The book considered eight major topics:

  • The senses (Mahsousat) divided into seven subjects such as perception and conditions of seeing.
  • Knowledge, divided into seven subjects such as necessity of knowledge by men of knowledge, knowledge on conclusions in assessments.
  • God, divided into eleven subjects such as God's powers and lack of a corporeal form.
  • Prophecy, divided into three parts such as the innocence of Muhammad's mother and father.
  • Leadership, divided into four topics such as the qualities of an Imam.
  • Resurrection, divided into two parts such as proving the existence of corporeal resurrection.
  • Jurisprudence, divided into two parts such as religious duty.
  • Jurisprudence (again), divided into seventeen parts.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Schmidtke, Sabine (2016). The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Theology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 886. ISBN 9780191068799.
  2. ^ "al-Hilli - biography - Muslim theologian". Encyclopædia Britannica.
  3. ^ "Hilli, Jamal al-Din Hasan ibn Yusuf ibn Ali ibn al-Mutahhar al-". oxfordislamicstudies.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014.
  4. ^ (Nahj Al Haq, Translation,p. 44. Mashhad, Ashura, 1379 solar)
  5. ^ (Nahj Al Haq,p.34, Allameh Hilli, Qom. Dar Al Hegira,1421 lunar)