''Majalis al Mo'minin'' (Persian:مجالس المومنین) is a book with biographies and works of

Shia Islam Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, m ...

scholars such as followers of

the Twelve Imams The Twelve Imams ( ar, ٱلْأَئِمَّة ٱلْٱثْنَا عَشَر, '; fa, دوازده امام, ') are the spiritual and political successors to the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the Twelver branch of Islam, including that of the Alawi ...

, theologians and philosophers. This book is also about

theological subjects.

Author

Qazi Noorullah Shustari (1542-1610/11) also known as ''Shaheed-e-Salis'' (third martyr) was an eminent Shia

Faqīh A faqīh (plural ''fuqahā'', ar, فقيه, pl. ‏‎) is an Islamic jurist, an expert in ''fiqh'', or Islamic jurisprudence and Islamic Law. Definition Islamic jurisprudence or ''fiqh'' is the human understanding of the Sharia ( ...

(jurist) and

alim Alim (''ʿAlīm'' , also anglicized as ''Aleem'') is one of the Names of God in Islam, meaning "''All-knowing one''". It is also used as a personal name, as a short form of Abdul Alim, "''Servant of the All-Knowing''": Given name * Alim ad-Din ...

(scholar) of the Mughal period, in India. He may also have served as the Qazi-ul-Quzaa during the reign of Akbar the Great.

Majalis

This book is considered an important biographical work in which there is much information about notable persons who were Shia. Qazi Noorollah divided the book into twelve Majlis or sections. The fifth section was concerned with the lives of lawyers and traditionists. Qazi Noorollah does not mention the period of writing the book. Maybe the book was written in the first part of the eleventh century of the

Hijrah The Hijrah or Hijra () was the journey of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina. The year in which the Hijrah took place is also identified as the epoch of the Lunar Hijri and Solar Hijri calendars; its date e ...

Mirza Abdullah Afandi Mirza may refer to: * Mirza, Kamrup, town in Assam, India * Mirza (name), historical royal title & noble * ''Mirza'', the genus of giant mouse lemur * "Mirza", song by Nino Ferrer * '' Mirza – The Untold Story'', Punjabi action romance fil ...

said the motive of writing the book was to deny belief in the appearance of Shia Islam in the Safavid dynasty. Afandi also said the book was written between the first day of

Rajab Rajab ( ar, رَجَب) is the seventh month of the Islamic calendar. The lexical definition of the classical Arabic verb ''rajaba'' is "to respect" which could also mean "be awe or be in fear", of which Rajab is a derivative. This month is re ...

and 23 Dhi Qadeh in 1010 Hijrah lunar.

References

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