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The Ikhwan us Safa, in Ismaili thought, were a group of Ismaili Dai’s and other hudood led by 9th Imam, Imam Ahmed al Mastur. The Rasā’il Ikhwān aṣ-Ṣafāʾ(Epistles of the Brethren of Purity) consist of fifty-two treatises in mathematics, natural sciences, psychology (psychical sciences) and theology.
Resources
- Description: The 5th epistle examines music through the Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ’s mathematical and philosophical framework, including musical proportions, harmony, numbers, and the relationship between musical sound and the order of the cosmos.
15th - 21st Epistle on The Natural Sciences Summay .pdf
- Description: A summary of the Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ’s epistles on the natural sciences, covering their philosophical understanding of nature, matter, motion, generation, corruption, and the structure of the physical world.
15th - 18st Epistle on The Natural Sciences.pdf
- Description: This covers the first 4 epistles of the Second Section on Natural Sciences
- Epistle 15 On Matter And Form
- Epistle 16 On the Heavens and The World
- Epistle 17 On the Explanation of Generation and Corruption
- Epistle 18 On the Explanation of Meteorology
19th - 21st Epistle on The Natural Sciences.pdf
- Description: This covers the next 3 epistles of the Second Section on Natural Sciences
- Epistle 19 On the Explanation of Mineals
- Epistle 20 On the Quiddity of Nature and the Quality of its Products
- Epistle 21 On Plants
22nd Epistle The Case of the Animals vs Man Before the King of the Jinn.pdf
- Description: A famous philosophical fable in which animals bring a case against humanity before the King of the Jinn, criticizing human mistreatment and exploitation of animals while exploring human superiority, morality, justice, and humanity’s place in creation.
- Description: Visual or illustrative material relating to the famous Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ account of the debate between animals and humans, highlighting the philosophical themes of human superiority, animal rights, morality, and justice.
38th Epistle on Reserection Excerpt.pdf
- Description: A Fable from the 38th epistle mentioned during a sermon by the Dai
- Description: The 52nd epistle examines magic, its relationship to philosophy, astrology, nature, religion, and spiritual knowledge, and its role in the Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ’s broader philosophical and religious program.
AbuHayyan al-Tawhidi and the Brethren of Purity.pdf
- Description: A scholarly study examining Abū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī’s testimony concerning the Brethren of Purity and the identities of the otherwise anonymous authors of the Rasā’il.
Early Fatimid Source on the Time and Authorship of the Ikhwan us Safa.pdf
- Description: A scholarly investigation into the dating and authorship of the Rasā’il Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ, particularly their possible connection with the early Fatimid and Ismaʿili milieu.
Godefroid - Ikhwan al Safa.pdf
- Description: A modern study of the Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ, examining their intellectual, philosophical, religious, and esoteric ideas and their place in the history of Islamic thought.
The Philosophy of Life in the Rasail Ikhwan al Safa Ishq & Love.pdf
- Description: An exploration of the Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ’s philosophy of life, focusing on ʿishq (love), the purpose of human existence, the soul’s journey, and humanity’s relationship with the Creator.
Time According to Ikhwan us Safa.pdf
- Description: A study of the Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ’s understanding of time within their philosophical system, including its relationship to motion, change, the cosmos, and the ordering of creation.
- Description: A study of the The Epistles of the Sincere Brethren and Faithful Friends