al-manẓuma, is a work in Arabic also known as Ḡorar al-farāʾed. It is one of his more notable books which was completed around 1845. Till this day, it is still taught in religious seminaries in Iran with numerous later commentaries. The work is a versified summary and commentary of the transcendence philosophy of Mulla Sadra. Asrār al-ḥekam fi’l-moftataḥ wa’l-moḵtatam Šarḥ-e abyāt-e moškela-ye Maṯnawi in Persian is a commentary of the Mathnawi of Mowalana Jalal al-Din Rumi Hedāyat al-ṭālebin, a book composed in Persian at the request of Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar Ta'liqat Asrar ol-Ebadah Aljabr wal ekhtiar Osul ad-Din Nebrās al-hodā A poem cycle Asrār al-ḥekam fi’l-moftataḥ wa’l-moḵtatam This book was written for Naser al-Din Shah after the Shah while passing through Sabzavār asked Mulla Hadi Sabzevari to write a him a book about man's origin and destination in Persian together with the mysteries of God's oneness. The book was completed in 1868 and it deals with concepts of illuminative wisdom (ešrāq) and peripatetic philosophy, and is rich in intuitive and mystic insights. The gnosis of Sabzavari falls into three categories which are: (1) knowledge of God, consisting of knowledge of the beginning and knowledge of the end; (2) knowledge of one's self; (3) knowledge of God's commands, consisting of knowledge of every rule of divine law (šarīʿa) and knowledge of the spiritual path (ṭarīqa). On the basis of this classification, the book is divided into two parts. Part I of the book consists of seven chapters: proof of the Necessarily Existent (wāǰeb al-woǰūd), knowledge of God's attributes God's actions knowledge of one's self and psychology (maʿāref-e nafs) knowledge of man's origin and destination, absolute prophethood Imamate Part II comprises four chapters ritual purity (ṭahāra) prayer (ṣalāt) alms fasting (ṣīām). The most important part of the book is on the proof of the Necessarily Existent (i.e., God). Translations The Metaphysics of Sabzvârî, tr. from the Arabic by Mehdi Mohagheg and Toshihico Izutso, Delmar, New York, 1977. See also Mulla Sadra Suhrawardi Avicenna Hossein Nasr Islamic philosophy Notes References The Metaphysics of Sabzvârî, tr. from the Arabic by Mehdi Mohagheg and Toshihico Izutso, Delmar, New York, 1977. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, "HĀDI SABZAVĀRI" in Encyclopaedia Iranica 19th-century Iranian poets Islamic philosophers 19th-century Muslim scholars of Islam Iranian Shia scholars of Islam People from Sabzevar 1797 births 1873 deaths 19th-century Iranian philosophers Iranian Muslim mystics