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Work #1661 · Late

Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb

Mulla Sadra (Sadr al-Din al-Shirazi)
c. 17th century (late career) · Arabic
Arabic mystical-philosophical-Qur'anic treatise · Transcendent Theosophy / Twelver Shiʿi Islamic philosophy / Islamic mystical hermeneutics

Mulla Sadra's 'Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb' — late mystical-philosophical work on the keys to interpreting the Qur'an

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Attribute Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Relational
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Emergent
Space · Curvature Curved
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Finite
Matter · Ontological Status Emergent
Matter · Conservation Non-conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Multiple
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Immediate
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Both
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Revelation
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Emergent
Energy · Conservation Non-conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Reversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

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Time

Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb

Late 17th century.

Space

Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb

Shiraz / Qom.

Matter

Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb

Late mystical-philosophical-hermeneutical treatise.

Observer

Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb

Late Mulla Sadra.

Energy

Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb

Late-mystical-hermeneutical energies.

Information

Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb

Single late substantial treatise.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb

Late-Sadrian philosophical-hermeneutical introduction to his Qur'anic commentary.