ريشه يابي مفهوم حركت جوهري در حكمت عزيزالدين نسفي

Tracing back the Concept of Substantial Motion in the Metaphysics of ʹAziz al-Din Nasafi

We daresay that ʹAziz al-Din Muhammad Nasafi can be regarded as one of the greatest metaphysicians of Iran in the 7th/14th century, who is unfortunately not much known. The main feature of this mystic-philosopher of Kubraviyya school of thought is his intellectual equilibrium in a time (the most severe era of Mongol invasion) that is distinctly characterized by violence and extremism. Nasafi has expounded many philosophical concepts in his books, one of the most significant of which is the notion of human ontogenesis and basically the substantial motion, which was later on pursued by Sadr al-Din Shirazi Understanding Islamic philosophy seems to be feasible when the missing links of this chain can be restored. Nasafi can be regarded as one of those links that bound mysticism to philosophy and later on had a great impact on Isfahan school of thought. This article addresses aspects of Sadr al- Din Shiraziʹs impressionability from ʹAziz al-Din Nasafi in concepts of substantial motion and the development courses of this thought.