ALI KUSHCHI’S WORK “SHARH TAJRID AL-AQAEED” AND ITS COPIES

Abstract

The article provides information about Tajrid and its comments, hashiyas, in particular “Sharh Tajrid al-Aqaeed” by Ali Kushchi and manuscripts, published versions and their features. Tajrid differs from other theological works with its small form. It attracted the attention of many commentators in a short period shortly after the death of the author. The researcher who refers to some of the Sharhs and Hashiyas in the manuscript funds can witness their value. The 30-page commentary of Ali Kushchi on the Tajrid, written almost 200 years later (1420), is over 200 pages. Both of them state the issues of Aqeedah in six objectives. Also, the simultaneous analysis of both philosophical and doctrinal issues in one play shows that the authors were encyclopedic scholars in both the religious and secular sciences. Indeed, the works of both Tusi and Ali Kushchi in the formal, natural and social sciences were well-known and admired by experts in the field. The scientific spheres of most commentators are similar. One of the most famous of them was Dawwani. He wrote treatises on Fiqh and Kalam together with Philosophy, Logic, Ethics, Mathematics, and Geometry. If we evaluate the significance of the work Tajrid in terms of time and place before reviewing its content, it becomes clear that many scholars referred to the book in each period. Its historical-chronological and geographical coverage is significant.