Wadh.Minasian 273 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)

Summary of Contents: This work is a refutation written in response to "Mīzān al-ḥaqq fī al-radd ʿalā al-muslimīn", written by a Christian priest called Henry Martyn (known as Padri). Henry Martyn had initiated a number of objections against Islam and presented them in a treatise. In opposition, a number of scholars stood up to respond, including Ākhund Narāqī in his book, Sayf al-Ummah. Apparently, the answers could not have any effect on his ideas, and he was still determined on his objections, until Muḥammad Riz̤ā ibn Muḥammad Amīn Hamadānī authored Irshād al-muz̤illīn to remove Henry's doubts, a book comprised of an introduction, two "mishkāt"s [disagreements], and a conclusion. The introduction is entitled "Dar Bayān-i vujūb-i takhlīyah-i qalb az shavāʾib-i shukūk va taḥliyah-i ẓāhir va bāṭin bi-ḥilyah-i ṣidq va ṣavāb". The first mishkāt has two "miṣbāḥ"s [enlightments]. The first miṣbāḥ is "Dar bayān-i vujūb-i luṭf bar laṭīf-i baṣīr va vujūb-i aṣlaḥ bar ʿalīm-i khabīr". The second miṣbāḥ is "Dar vujūb-i ʾījād-i ashyāʾ bar naḥv-i aṣlaḥ". The second mishkāt is "Dar bayān-i īrādātī kih kishīsh-i naṣrānī bar fāz̤il-i muʿāṣir namūd". The conclusion is to address some of the religious questions. Muḥammad Riz̤ā Hamadānī had originally compiled his refutations in a more comprehensive book called Miftāḥ al-nubuvvah (published 1240 AH/1825), of which he created a selection under the title of Irshād al-muz̤illīn. The present book is dedicated to Fatḥʿalīshāh.