The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mullå Ṣadrå

The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mullā Ṣadrā
Contents
Acknowledgments
Transliterations and Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1: Qur'ānic Hermeneutics
	Lord of the Heart
	Etiquette and Understanding
	Concept and Reality
	The Command’s Descent
	The Soul’s Ascent
Chapter 2: Formal Considerations
	Texts and Sources
	Structure and Content
Chapter 3: Metaphysics
	The Essence
	Names and Their Loci
	The All-Comprehensive Name
Chapter 4: Cosmology
	The Act of Praise
	The Muhammadan Reality
	The Perfect Man
Chapter 5: Theology
	From Outer to Inner
	Idols of Belief
	The Religion of the Perfect Man
Chapter 6: Soteriology I
	The Nature of Things
	The Essential and the Accidental
Chapter 7: Soteriology II
	Paths to Mercy
	Divine Hands and Feet
	Intellectual and Scriptural Fidelity
	Revealing and Concealing
	Chastisement’s Sweetness
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Some Key Texts from the Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb
Appendix 2: Key Texts from the Tafsīr Sūrat al-Fātiḥa
Appendix 3: Passages from the Futūḥāt Reworked into the Tafsīr Sūrat al-Fātiḥa
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Qur'ānic Passages
Index of Ḥadīths and Sayings
Index of Names and Terms