Fazlallah Astarabadi (Naimi)

Fazlallah Astarabadi (Naimi)

Fażlu l-Lāh Astar-Ābādī (Nāimī) (Persian: فضل‌الله استرآبادی‎), also known as Fażlullāh Tabrīzī Astarābādī by a pseudonym al-Ḥurūfī and a pen name Nāimī, was an Iranian mystic who founded the Ḥurūfī movement. The basic belief of the Ḥurūfiyyah was that the God was incarnated in the body of Fażlullāh and that he would appear as Mahdī when the Last Day was near in order to save Muslims, Christians and Jews. His followers first came from the village of Toqchi near Isfahan and from there, the fame of his small community spread throughout Khorasan, ʿErāq, Azerbaijan and Shirvan. The center of Fażlullāh Nāimī's influence was Baku and most of his followers came from Shirvan. Among his followers was the famous Ḥurūfī poet Seyyed Imadaddin Nasimi, one of the greatest Turkic mystical poets of the late 14th and early 15th centuries.

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Muhammad · Fatimah · and
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Monotheism
Judgement Day · Justice
Prophethood · Imamate

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Angels
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Intercession
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Usul · Ijtihad
Taqleed · 'Aql · Irfan
Mahdaviat

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Prayer · Fasting · Pilgrimage
Charity · Taxes · Jihad
Command Justice · Forbid Evil
Love the family of Muhammad
Dissociate from their Enemies

Holy cities

Mecca · Medina
Najaf · Karbala · Mashhad
Jerusalem · Samarra · Kadhimayn · Qom ·

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Bektashi · Tabarie

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Law · Marja' · Hawza
Ayatollah · Allamah
Hojatoleslam · Mujtahid
List of maraji · List of Ayatollahs

Hadith collections

Peak of Eloquence · The Psalms of Islam · Book of Fundamentals · The Book in Scholar's Lieu · Civilization of Laws · The Certainty · Book of Sulaym ibn Qays · Oceans of Light · Wasael ush-Shia · Reality of Certainty · Keys of Paradise

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Monotheism
Holy Books
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Succession to Muhammad
Imamate of the Family
Angels
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Mourning of Muharram
Intercession · Ismah
The Occultation · Clergy
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Eid al-Mubahila
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The verse of purification
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Khumm · Fatimah's house
First Fitna · Second Fitna
The Battle of Karbala
Ahl al-Kisa
Muhammad · Ali · Fatimah
Hasan · Hussein
List of Shia companions
Holy ladies
Fatimah · Khadijah · Zaynab bint Ali · Fatimah bint al-Hasan · Sukayna bint Husayn · Rubab · Shahrbanu · Nijmah · Fātimah bint Mūsā · Hakimah Khātūn · Narjis · Fatimah bint Asad · Farwah bint al-Qasim ·

Read more about Fazlallah Astarabadi (Naimi):  Early Life, Works, Sahib-i Ta'vil: The Master of Esoteric Interpretation, Amongst The Sarbadars, Sojourn in Isfahan, Imprisonment and Execution