The study of Māwardī 's historiographical opinions and thoughts in A’lām al-Nubuwwah

Ahmadzadeh, Mohammad Amir; Koohi, Mahnaz

doi:10.22051/hph.2024.45447.1693

Document Type : Scientific-Research

Authors

¹ Associated Professer of History, Research Group of Intellectual and Cultural History of Iran, Department of History , Iinstitute of humanities and cultural studies, Tehran, Iran

² Phd student in history of Islam, University of Lorestan, Khorram Abad, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22051/hph.2024.45447.1693

Abstract

Abul Ḥasan Ali b. Mohammad b. Ḥabib Basri Māwardī was one of the great Šafi'i jurists in the 4th and 5th Hijri centuries, who occupies an important place in the history of political thought in Islam due to the numerous works he wrote on the subject of politics. “A’lām al-Nubuwwah” is one of Māwardī's surviving works written on the subject of proving the prophethood of the Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) by referring to his prophetic signs. Considering the fact that this book is one of the biographical works, and also considering the fact that the historical perspective means the historian's way of historical thinking, the present study attempts to find an answer to the question of what was the historical perspective or Māwardī's historiographical thoughts in “A’lām al-Nubuwwah”, and on the other hand, what was the impact of his theological thoughts on his historiography? The authors arrived at these results through a descriptive-analytical approach and, the use of library sources: Māwardī had a historical insight when he spoke about the miracle-based narratives and also presented the history of Prophet’s (pbuh) life. Despite the theological approach to the issue of miracles, he showed his historical insight by paying attention to historical elements (time-place-situation), showing tolerance in knowing the narrator, paying attention to the possibility of the arrival of news as much as possible, as well as criticism and analysis. His theological approach in discussing the miracles of the Quran and the acceptance of infallibility before prophethood was also similar to that of the Muʻtazila. Due to Ash'ari 's opposition to infallibility before prophethood, his theological approach in this work can be considered similar to that of the Muʻtazilites.

Keywords

Main Subjects

Islamic Historiography

References

Abu Rayyah, Mahmud (n. d), Lights on the Mohammadan Sunnah or Defence of the Hadith, Cairo: Dār ul- Ma‘ārīf.

Aghajari, Hashem (2001), Reflections on Islamic history and historiography, Tehran: Naqš e ǰahān.

Ali Khani, Ali Akbar (2011), Political thought of Muslim intellectuals , Tehran: Institute for Cultural and Social Studies.

Al- Rommānī Al- Muʻtazīlī, Abūlḥassan (1976), Al- Nakat fī Eʻǰāz Al- Quran, (N, P): Dār Al- Maʻārīf.

Baḡdādī, Esmā‘īl Pāšā (1992), Hadīyyat ul- ‘Ᾱrefīn, Beyrut: Dār ul-Ketāb ul-Eslāmīyyeh.

Bīrūnī, Abū Reīḥān (1998), al-Āṯār ul-Bāqīya, translated by Dr. Akbar Dana Seresht, Tehran: Amīr Kabīr.

Diyari, Mohammad Taqi (2000), A research about Isrā’īlīyāt in Quran interpretation, Tehran: Sohrvardi Research and Publishing Office.

Eʿtemād-ul-Salṭana, Moḥammad Ḥassan b. ʻAlī(1984) , Tārīḵ-e Nāṣerī, correction Mohammad Esmaeil Rezwani, Tehran: Donyā-ye Ketāb.

Fa ḵr Rāzī, Moḥammad b. ʻOmar (2003), ǰāmīʻ ul- ʻOlūm, Tehran: Dr. Mahmoud Afshar Endowment Foundation.

Fayaz Anosh, Abolhasan; Kajbaf, Ali Akbar; Mahdi Ravanji (2016), Historiography and Historical Perspective of Munajjim Yazdi Family, Biannual journal of Historical Perspective & Historigraphy Alzahra University, Vol.26, No.18, 2016.

Feizisakha, Mahdi (2014), Historiography & Historical Perspective of Abdi Baig Shirāzi in Takmalat Al Aḵbār, Biannual journal of Historical Perspective & Historigraphy Alzahra University, Vol.24, No.13, 2014.

Golestani, Hashem (2002), General philosophy and theology, Isfahan: Farhang-e Mardom.

Halabi, Ali Asqar (2001), The history of theology in Iran and the Islamic world, Tehran: Asātīr.

Ḥassanī Rāzī, Seyyed Morteżā (1985), Tabṣeraht ul- Awām fī Maʻrīfat Maqālāt ul- Anām, Tehran: Asātīr.

Ḥosseinī ʻAlavī, Abol Maʻālī Moḥammad (1997), Bayān ul- Adyān, Tehran: Rowzaneh.

Ibn Al- ǰawzī, Abū al- Faraǰ ʻAbd al- Raḥmān b. ʻAli b. Moḥammad (1992), Al- Montaẓam fī Tarīḵ al- Omam wa al- Molūk, Beyrut: Dār ul- Kotob al- Elmīyyah.

Ibn Ḵallakān (n. d), Wafayāt ul- Aʻyān wa Anbāe Abnā ʼ Al- Zamān, Beyrut: Dār al- Fīkr.

Ibn Qotayba, ‘Abd Allaḥ b.Moslīm (1973), Taʼwīl Moškīl ul- Qurān, Description and publication seyyed Ahmad saqr, )n.p(: Maktabah al- Elmīyyah.

ǰār Allāh, Zohdī Ḥassan (1987), Al Moʻtazīla, Cairo: Nādī al Arabī fī yāfā.

Ḵānsārī, Mīrzā Moḥammad Bāqīr (1981), Rawżāt al- ǰannāt, Qom: Mehr-e Ostūvār.

Ḵwarazmī, Moḥammad b. Aḥmad (N, D), Mafātīḥ ul- ‘Olūm, (N, P): Dār ul- Ketāb Al- Arabī.

Lotfabadi, Mohsen (2021), An Analysis about Historiography and Historical Perspective of Hazin Lāhiji, Historical Perspective & Historiography, Vol.31, No.27, 2021.

Māwardī, ʻAlī b. Moḥammad(1993), Adab al-Donya va al-Din, translated by ʻAbdolʻali Ṣāḥebī, Mašhad: Astan Quds Razavi Research Foundation.

Māwardī, ʻAli b. Moḥammad(1414), Aʻlām ul- Nabowah, translated by ʻAbd ul-Rahmān ʻAck, Beyrūt: Dār al- Nafāess.

Modarress, Mīrzā Moḥammad ʻAli (N, D), Reyḥānaht ul- Adab, Tabrīz: Mošfeq.

Pahlavan, Changiz (1993), Mawardi: a look at his life and works, Kelk e Pažūheš, N 47& 48.

Qaderi, Hatam (2004), Political Thoughts in Islam and Iran, Tehran: Samt.

Qassab, Valid (1985), The critical and rhetorical heritage of the Mu’tazila until the end of the sixth century AH, Doha: Dār ul- ṯīqāfah.

Rāzī, Abū Ḥātam (2002), Aʻlām al- Nabowah, Tehran: Hekmat & Philosophy Institution.

Robinson, Chase F (2013), Islamic Histiriography, translated by Mohsen Alviri, Tehran: Samt.

Šabānkāre’ī, Moḥammad b. ʻAli (2002), Maǰmaʻul Ansāb, Tehran: Amīr Kabīr.

Saberi, Hossein (2009), A History of the Islamic Sects, Tehran: Samt.

Ṣafdī, Ḵalīl b. Āybak (1990), Al- Wāfī b Al- Wafayāt, Beyrut: Dār Ṣadīr.

Sajadi, Sadeq; Alem Zadeh, Hadi (2001), Historiography in Islam, Tehran: Samt.

Sa ḵāvī, Moḥammad b. ʻAbd ul-Raḥmān (1992), Al- Aʻlān Bel Tobīḵ le Man Ḏamm e Tarīḵ, Beirut: Dār Al- ǰīl.

Samʻānī, ʻAbdolKarīm (1987), Al- Ansāb, Beirut: Dār Al- ǰanān.

Sedqi ,Naser (2016), The Status of History Science in Science Classification Based on Muslim Scholar's View Point, journal of Historical researches, vol 8, issue 2, N 30, summer 2016.

Sezgin, Fuat (2001), History of Arab heritage, translated by Fehrestgan institution.

Shirudi, Morteza (2004), Political thought of Muslim, Qom: Yāqūt.

Ṭabarī, Moḥammad b. ǰarīr (N, D), Tārī ḵAl- Omam wa Al- Molūk, Beyrut: (N, N).

Yāqūt Ḥamavī, Yāqūt b. ʻAbdollah (2021), Moʻǰam ul Odabā, (N, P): Dār al Fīkr.

Ẕahabī, Moḥammad b. Aḥmad (1992), Eʻlām bwafayāt Al- Aʻlām , Beyrut: Dār al-Fīkr al-Mo‘āsīr.

Ẕahabī, Moḥammad b. Aḥmad (1993), Tarīḵ Al- Islām wa Wafayāt Al- Mašāhīr Al- Aʻlām, Beyrut: Dār al-Ketāb al-Arabī.

Zerekli, Ḵeyreddin (1989), Al Aʻlām, Beyrut: Dār Al- ‘Elm Lalmalāeīn.

Historical Perspective&Historiography

The study of Māwardī 's historiographical opinions and thoughts in A’lām al-Nubuwwah

References

References

Volume 32, Issue 30 - Serial Number 115
November 2022
Pages 13-32

The study of Māwardī 's historiographical opinions and thoughts in A’lām al-Nubuwwah

References

References

Volume 32, Issue 30 - Serial Number 115November 2022Pages 13-32

Volume 32, Issue 30 - Serial Number 115
November 2022
Pages 13-32