Rajab Bursi
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Rajab al-Hafiz al-Bursi (d 1411) an Arab Shia theologian and mystic.
Rajab al-Hafiz al-Bursi was born in contemporary Iraq, near Hilla, and moved to the Iranian province of Khurasan
to escape accusations of heresy
. Some sources indicate that he might have been murdered by the Timurids during the Shia persecutions.
His main work is the Mashariq al-anwar al-yaqin fi asrar amir al-muminin (The Orients of the Lights of Certainty concerning the Arcana of the Commander of the Faithful), a work of High Imamology commenting on the apocryphal theopathic sayings attributed to Ali
- viz. the Sermon Between the Two Gulfs (khutba tantanjiyya) and the Sermon of the Elucidation (khutbatu'l-bayan) - from the metaphysical perspective of the school of Ibn Arabi
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Rajab al-Hafiz al-Bursi was born in contemporary Iraq, near Hilla, and moved to the Iranian province of Khurasan
Greater Khorasan
Greater Khorasan or Ancient Khorasan is a historical region of Greater Iran mentioned in sources from Sassanid and Islamic eras which "frequently" had a denotation wider than current three provinces of Khorasan in Iran...
to escape accusations of heresy
Heresy
Heresy is a controversial or novel change to a system of beliefs, especially a religion, that conflicts with established dogma. It is distinct from apostasy, which is the formal denunciation of one's religion, principles or cause, and blasphemy, which is irreverence toward religion...
. Some sources indicate that he might have been murdered by the Timurids during the Shia persecutions.
His main work is the Mashariq al-anwar al-yaqin fi asrar amir al-muminin (The Orients of the Lights of Certainty concerning the Arcana of the Commander of the Faithful), a work of High Imamology commenting on the apocryphal theopathic sayings attributed to Ali
Ali
' |Ramaḍān]], 40 AH; approximately October 23, 598 or 600 or March 17, 599 – January 27, 661).His father's name was Abu Talib. Ali was also the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and ruled over the Islamic Caliphate from 656 to 661, and was the first male convert to Islam...
- viz. the Sermon Between the Two Gulfs (khutba tantanjiyya) and the Sermon of the Elucidation (khutbatu'l-bayan) - from the metaphysical perspective of the school of Ibn Arabi
Ibn Arabi
Ibn ʿArabī was an Andalusian Moorish Sufi mystic and philosopher. His full name was Abū 'Abdillāh Muḥammad ibn 'Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn `Arabī .-Biography:...
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