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Instructor of tuition at Azad University, South Tehran Branch and Refah University
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Associate Professor, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Branch of Science and Research
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professor tehran university
Abstract
There example are similarities and differences in the words of Mu'tazila and Shia theologists about the nature, types, ranks, and duties of angels. Some of these opinions are mentioned in the commentaries of Ibn abi al-Hadid and Ibn Maytham on Nahj al-Balaghah. The comparative study of their views is the subject of this research. This research is qualitative research based on its nature and method. With three explanatory, approximate, and critical approaches, it categorizes, analyzes, and explains the interpretive views of Ibn abi al-Hadid and Ibn Maytham. The commentators of Nahj al-Balaghah themselves are followers of one of the Islamic schools of thought and have views on religious principles and branches of jurisprudence that consider them necessary to defend. Ibn abi al-Hadid, a Mu'tazili, and Ibn Maytham, a Shiite, are not exempt from this rule. Through examining the views of the commentators regarding angels, the achievement of this research is to know their method in the explanation of Nahj al-Balaghah. Ibn abi al-Hadid and Ibn Maytham in their commentaries on Nahj al-Balaghah have discussed topics such as types of angels, describing them in terms of their lack of physicality, knowledge, worship, infallibility, sleep, the nature of Iblis and his comparison with angels, and also the superiority of prophets over angels. Ibn abi al-Hadid deals with these topics based on the words of the Imam (AS) from the perspective of Mu'tazili companions, and in some cases, expresses an opinion against Mu'tazili. In most cases, his method is rational and practicing religious jurisprudence. Ibn Maytham also categorizes and describes angels by referring to the verses of the Quran and the narrations of infallibles. However, his method of content analysis is based on the interpretation of the exterior to the interior.
tajik,N. , mehrizi,M. , hojjati,S. M. B. and sarshar,M. (2023). Comparative Study of Ibn abi al-Hadid and Ibn Maytham's Views about Angels in Nahj Al-Balaghah’s Description. Nahjolbalagheh Research, 22(3), 11-44.
MLA
tajik,N. , , mehrizi,M. , , hojjati,S. M. B. , and sarshar,M. . "Comparative Study of Ibn abi al-Hadid and Ibn Maytham's Views about Angels in Nahj Al-Balaghah’s Description", Nahjolbalagheh Research, 22, 3, 2023, 11-44.
HARVARD
tajik N., mehrizi M., hojjati S. M. B., sarshar M. (2023). 'Comparative Study of Ibn abi al-Hadid and Ibn Maytham's Views about Angels in Nahj Al-Balaghah’s Description', Nahjolbalagheh Research, 22(3), pp. 11-44.
CHICAGO
N. tajik, M. mehrizi, S. M. B. hojjati and M. sarshar, "Comparative Study of Ibn abi al-Hadid and Ibn Maytham's Views about Angels in Nahj Al-Balaghah’s Description," Nahjolbalagheh Research, 22 3 (2023): 11-44,
VANCOUVER
tajik N., mehrizi M., hojjati S. M. B., sarshar M. Comparative Study of Ibn abi al-Hadid and Ibn Maytham's Views about Angels in Nahj Al-Balaghah’s Description. Nahjolbalagheh Research, 2023; 22(3): 11-44.