Ṣuvar-i khiyāl-i muta‘āliyah: khvānish-i Ṣadrāyī-i andīshahʹhā-yi Ṣāʼib Tabrīzī

Authored by Maḥmūd Futūḥī Rūdmaʻjanī, Ṣuvar-i khiyāl-i muta‘āliyah offers a profound comparative reading of two intellectual giants of the Safavid era in Īrān: the poet Ṣāʼib Tabrīzī and the philosopher Mullā Ṣadrā. The text posits that the 'Indian Style' of Persian poetry and the philosophical school of Transcendent Theosophy emerged from a shared cultural and intellectual zeitgeist. Through a detailed analysis of Ṣāʼib Tabrīzī's verses, Futūḥī Rūdmaʻjanī illustrates how the poet's 'thin imagination' (nāzuk-khiyālī) serves as a literary manifestation of Sadrian concepts such as the primacy of existence, substantial motion, and the gradation of being. This scholarly work provides a fresh perspective on the synergy between poetic intuition and philosophical reasoning in 17th-century Persian thought, making it an essential resource for students of Persian literature and Islamic philosophy alike.