Necessity of Re-editing Zad-e Akherat

Abstract

Zad-e Akherat is one of the Persian work of Abu Hamed Mohammad Ghazzali (death: 505 A.H.) and it is the translation of his other book named Bedayat-al Hedayat (which some theological chapters is added to it). This work is the abstract of some parts of Kimiya-ye Saadat and published in India in 1268 H. and 1276 H. in lithographic method. Morad Orang has edited and published Zad-e Akherat based on undated and erroneous manuscript (number 5552) which belongs to library of Islamic Iranian Parliment. This edition is not a critical and scientific edition because of two reasons: "unspecified and vague editing method" and "invalid manuscript". This essay introduces this work and Orang`s edition and its obvious mistakes and deficits. This article also notes that the re-editing of this work is necessary and inevitable due to importance of Zad-e Akherat`s author (Abu Hamed Ghazzali) and finding new and ancient manuscripts of it.

Keywords

• abu hamed mohammad ghazzali
• zad-e akherat
• bedayat al-hedayat
• critical edition
• codicology