ファーティマ朝初期のイスマーイール派運動における思想家ラーズィーの位置 -その『訂正の書』<i>Kitab al-Islah</i> からの一視点-

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  • The Place of Missionary Thinker al-Razi (d. ca. 322/933-4) in the Isma'ili Movement of the Early Fatimid Era as Viewed from His <i>Kitab al-Islah</i>
  • ファーティマ チョウ ショキ ノ イスマーイールハ ウンドウ ニ オケル シソウカ ラーズィー ノ イチ

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Kitab al-Islah (The Book of Correction) by Abu Hatim al-Razi, a leading Isma'ili da'i or missionary in Iran of his time, has been regarded as an important text of the Isma'ili movement of the 4th A. H./10th C. E. century. This is because, by attacking the work of his correligionist Muhammad al-Nasafi, the now-lost Kitab al-Mahsul (The Book of Product), al-Islah contains one of the earliest Isma'ili Neoplatonist expositions.<br>In addition, we would suggest that the discourses interpreting the Qur'anic and Biblical tales of the prophets in Kitab al-Isah can be utilized as materials that shed light on one aspect of al-Razi's life history —that is, his missionary activities— and reflect the religiopolitical situation of his time. This suggestion is based on the fact that some Isma'ili thinkers of the 4th/10th century interpreted the Qur'anic tales of the prophets as providing paradigmatic patterns for explaining historical events of the recent past. W. Madelung also apparently based his approach to thought on religiopolitics of the time as seen in al-Islah on this fact, but he did not clarify his theoretical base.<br>As an example of the material that can be viewed in this way, a passage can be cited from al-Islah that interprets the Qur'anic story of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba (the 27th surah of the Qur'an). According to this interpretation, Solomon was the legitimate deputy of the hidden imam of his time, and the Queen was the dissident leader of those who recognized only the authority of the hidden imam. Thus al-Razi was critical of the Qarmatian idea of the imminent advent of the hidden seventh imam as the Qa'im. Yet since he does not name anyone as the current imam of the 'Alid lineage, al-Razi does not fully recognize the authority of the Fatimids. It can thus be inferred that al-Razi took a rather in-between religiopolitical stance towards the Fatimids and the Qarmatians. Our research also raises the possibility of the existence of a non-Fatimid, non-Qarmatian, Isma'ili group during the first half of the 4th/10th century.

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    オリエント 44 (2), 148-162, 2001

    一般社団法人 日本オリエント学会

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