Hayat Al-Qulub Volume 2 Manuscript
Original Manuscript written in Persian by the author Allameh Majlesi.
Persia, AH 1101-1110 (1693-1700 CE)
Size: 20 x 30 x 5 cm
The manuscript is the second volume of the book “Hayat Al-Qulub” (or “Hayat Al-Kulub” ) written in Persian, by the author Molla Muhammad Bakir, son of Molla Muhammad Taki, known as Allameh Majlesi.
The first page (picture above) reads as:
In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
Hayat Al-Qulub
…, then this is the second volume of Hayat Al-Qulub books, from myself, the servant of Allah, “Muhammad Bakir ben Muhammad Taki, comprising the history of the birth and death and miracles and holy wars of Prophet Muhammad …
About Hayat Al-Qulub Book
Hayat Al-Qulub (Life of the Hearts) book is one of the most famous Islamic (Shi’a) books, written by Allameh Majlesi (Molla Muhammad Bakir, son of Molla Muhammad Taki), who was a religious leader of the Muslims in Isfahan of Iran.
He was born in 1037 A.H. and died in 1111 A.H.
Hayat Al-Qulub has four volumes.
Vol 1 – The lives of the prophets up to the time of Muhammad.
Vol 2 – The birth of Prophet Muhammad, his death, miracles and holy wars.
Vol 3 – The principles of Shi’a theology derived from the Quran and Hadees.
Vol 4 – The life of Muhammad and his companions.
Second Page of the book
About Mohammad-Baqer Majlisi
Allameh Majlesi (Molla Muhammad Bakir Majlesi, son of Molla Muhammad Taki), was born in 1037 A.H. and died in 1111 A.H. and buried in Atiq Mosque of Isfahan.
HIS SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIAL ROLE
Allameh was a religious leader of the Muslims in Isfahan who, controlled people’s affairs through his wisdom, and solved their problems. He was really interested in teaching and so many scholars took part in his classes. It is said that the number of the scholars in Riadh was estimated about one thousands.
Allameh traveled to Mecca and Iraq several times. His efforts to promulgate Islam were to the extend that it would sound correct if the Shi’ism was called as Majlesi’s religion, for the truly contributed Islam’s prosperity according to Abdol’aziz Dehlavi’s words in “Tohfeh” (Dehlavi’s book).
He was a brave and powerful person who ordered to obey God’s command and the one who avoided people doing evil deeds. In Sultan Hossein’s era, who was a notorious ruler for the lack of any discipline in his system, the country’s affairs were oriented due to Allameh’s management. However; when Allameh passed away, the province of Kandahar no more belonged to sultan and there was case of chaos and when the Afghanis came to Isfahan killed him, and ascended the throne.
Having been assigned the authority to control the Muslims’ affair by Shah Soleyman (1090), his first measure was his command on breaking the idols. Here comes the story: he did so when he was told that a group of Hindu merchants covertly continued the idolatry. The Indians offered the king a noticeable amount of money so that Allameh would ignore this and let them to send the idols to India. However; it did not work and as was ordered by Allameh, the idols were broken.
Having so many scientists around due to his good temper, Allameh contributed to the existence of some 1,202,700 books on Shi’ism. He either wrote them personally or had some other people write them. He passed away when he was 73. If one compare his years of age with the number of the written books, one will find out that annually 1925 lines consisting 15 letters had been written.
The numbers of Majlesi’s works are more than 60. Some of his important works are: Bahar Al-Anvar fi Akhbar Al-A’ emah Al-Athar (26 volumes), Meshkatol Anvar, Eynol Hayat, Jala Al-Oyoun, Helyatal Motaqin and Hayat Al-Kulub (4 volumes).
Further information about Allameh Majlesi (also written as Majlisi) at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad-Baqer_Majlesi
About the Manuscript
The manuscript is the original of the second volume of “Hayat Al-Qulub” (or “Hayat Al-Kulub” ) hand written in Persian, by the author Molla Muhammad Bakir, son of Molla Muhammad Taki, known as Allameh Majlesi.
It is well preserved. All the pages are exist and only the first two and last two pages are a little ruffed. The margents (not the writings) of those four pages are also damaged.
This manuscript of the other 3 volumes of the “Hayat Al-Qulub” book are kept at the Edinburgh University Library (George Square, Edinburgh, Scotland EH8 9LJ) as part of the library oriental manuscripts collection.
