Religion Islam, Shia Period in office 1715-1795 Title Mullah Based in Markazi Province | Other names Mahdi Naraqi Died 1795, Najaf, Iraq Other name Mahdi Naraqi Children Ahmad Naraqi | |
Mulla Muhammad Mahdi Naraqi (Persian: ملا محمد مهدی نراقی) (1715-1795) was one of the Shia philosopher and theologian in the 12th and 13th centuries AH. His son Mulla Ahmad Naraqi was one of the Shia scholar such as his father. In the Qajar dynasty, he was prominent scholar at the philosophy and continued philosophical activities in the Kashan, Iran.
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Biography
Mulla Muhammad Mahdi Naraqi was born in Naraq, a city in the central district of Delijan, Markazi, Iran in 1715 AD. He was known as Muhaqiqi Naraqi (the Naraqian scholar) and Khatam al-Hukama (the signet of wises) amongst people.
Education
After preliminary studies, he went to seminary of Najaf, Iraq. After several years, he returned to Iran and went to seminary of Isfahan and educated in that seminary for thirty years. He was the master of jurisprudence, theology, philosophy, astronomy, and mathematics. Also, he was fluent in Hebrew and Latin to connect with Jewish and Christian scholars. Jame al-Sa'adat is the important work that was in the field of ethics. One of his teachers was Mulla Ismail ibn Muhammad Husayn Khwajui.
Death
He died on 1795 (23 Muharram 1209 AH) and was buried near Ali ibn Abi Talib shrine in Najaf.