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Lot Essay
This is a rare copy of the celebrated work Zad al-Ma'ad written in the hand of the celebrated author, al-Majlisi, only two years before his death.
Muhammad Baqir ibn Muhammad Taqi ibn Maqsud 'Ali al-Majlisi al-Isfahani (AH 1037-1110/1627-98 AD) was one of the foremost religious thinkers of his time and among the most prolific authors in Twelver Shi'ism. He was extremely influential during his lifetime - holding the office of Shaykh al-Islam under the Safavid Shah Sulayman (d. AH 1106/1694 AD) and Mulla Bashi under Shah Sultan Husayn (d. AH 1125/1713 AD). He wrote several important works, the most famous being Bihar al-Anwar (Seas of Lights), an Arabic compilation of Shi'a traditions and Zad al-Ma'ad (Provisions for the Resurrection), a text in Arabic containing prayers for each day of the year, with titles and explanatory introductions given in Persian (Encyclopaedia of Islam, Leiden, 1986, pp.1086-88).
Muhammad Baqir ibn Muhammad Taqi ibn Maqsud 'Ali al-Majlisi al-Isfahani (AH 1037-1110/1627-98 AD) was one of the foremost religious thinkers of his time and among the most prolific authors in Twelver Shi'ism. He was extremely influential during his lifetime - holding the office of Shaykh al-Islam under the Safavid Shah Sulayman (d. AH 1106/1694 AD) and Mulla Bashi under Shah Sultan Husayn (d. AH 1125/1713 AD). He wrote several important works, the most famous being Bihar al-Anwar (Seas of Lights), an Arabic compilation of Shi'a traditions and Zad al-Ma'ad (Provisions for the Resurrection), a text in Arabic containing prayers for each day of the year, with titles and explanatory introductions given in Persian (Encyclopaedia of Islam, Leiden, 1986, pp.1086-88).