Mir Ghotbeddin Mohammad Angha
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Molana-al-Moazam Hazrat Mir Ghotbeddin Mohammad Angha (Mohammad Angha), (1887-1962) was the 40th Master of the Oveyssi school of Sufism.
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[edit] Birth and Training
He was born in Tehran on May 10, 1887. Since his childhood he was under supervision and guidance of his father, Hazrat Jalaleddin Ali Mir Abolfazl Angha, the 39th Sufi Master of the Oveyssi School of Sufism. He excelled in his secondary education and then completed his further studies in Advanced Mathematics (Algorithms & Algebra), literature, poetry, and calligraphy.
[edit] Sufism and Science
From his youth he had an inward interest in developing human creative powers and mastering the natural sciences. As it stated in the introduction to his book, From Fetus to Paradise:
"Whenever I heard of a learned man, I hastily went to him with good faith and studied his speech very carefully, but I did not achieve my final goal. I could understand, however, that his ideas and deeds of those who served only appearances were based on imagination and imitation, and that a poor imitator would have no chance to research on his imitation, that a poor fellow would have to be satisfied with the unknown tomorrows."
Upon attaining the state of cognition, he wrote:
"I perceived that the Sufi's religion differs from others'. They are the lovers of God, and He is their religion. They do not waste their time and do not consider outside affairs as reality. They constantly relinquish worthless affairs, and they are steadfast in calamities and are released from the past."
[edit] Appointment of Succession
His predecessor was his father, who appointed him Sufi master of the Oveyssi school. Lord Mir Ghotbeddin passed on the "Robe of Faghr" to his son, Hazrat Shah Maghsoud Sadegh Angha, on September 22, 1962, signifying him as the successor of the school.
Of the dignity in his supreme position in science and Sufism, it is said of this outstanding Arif of our era who is considered among the greatest in the history of Sufism:
[edit] Death
Hazrat Mir Ghotbeddin Mohammad Angha passed away on September 22, 1962, at the age of seventy five. His holy shrine is located next to that of his father, Hazrat Jalaleddin Ali Mir Abolfazl Angha in Ibn-Baveh, Ray, Iran.
[edit] Publications
Hazrat Mir Ghotbeddin Mohammad Angha has written many literary works including:
- Ershaad Naameh (The Book of Guidance)
- Az Janin ta Janan (From Fetus to Paradise)
- Osool-e Adyan (The Principles of Religion)
- Tajalliat (Illuminations)
- Moraghebeh va Shohood (Vigilance and Witnessing).
His grand-son, Salaheddin Ali Nader Shah Angha, is the present master of the Oveyssi-Shahmaghsoudi order.
[edit] External links
- M.T.O. Shahmaghsoudi (School of Islamic Sufism) Official Website
- Islamic Sufism Genealogy November 2004, Tehran University Publications
