“Mysticism of Allameh Tabatabai” to be published soon

“Mysticism of Allameh Tabatabai”, by Vahid Vahed Javan, is the title for the book on mystic aspects of Allameh Tabatabei from the view of grand Ayatollah Hassan Ramezani, a professor of Islamic mysticism, reported Taqrib News Agency (TNA).

This book shows the deep tie between late Allameh Tabatabaei with mysticism which is expressed from the viewpoint of Ayatollah Hassan Ramezani.

Out of the five sections in this book, the first section is an introduction on Islamic mysticism, general principles, its origin, way to read about philosophy and mysticism and also similarities and differences of theoretical and practical mysticism.

The second section provides a biography of Allameh Tabatabaei while the next section includes his personal views on theoretical mysticism.

Practical mysticism of renowned Iranian mystic is the topic for the fourth section of the book. It explains the mystic path and educational method of Allameh Tabatabaei analyzing topics like, signs of the people of mysticism, types of worship in view of mystics and the way for concentration and rejection of ego.

The last section in “Mysticism of Allameh Tabatabaei” is on the affection of Iranian mystic for household of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).

Allameh Seyyed Mohammad Hussein Tabatabaei (1904- 1981) was one of the most remarkable contemporary Islamic thinkers of philosophy and author of Tafsir al Mizan (Qur’anic exegesis)./HK