Hojjat al-Islam: Borhan al-Mella

• Persian Title: حجه الاسلام: برهان المله
• Transliterated Title (ALA-LC): Ḥujjat al-Islām: Burhān al-Milla
• English Title: The Proof of Islam: Demonstration of the Community
• Author: Mullā ʿAlī Nūrī (d. 1246 A.H.)
• Editor: Ḥāmid Nājī Iṣfahānī
• Language: Persian
• ISBN: 978-203-600-034-4
• Publication Year: 2011
• Pages: 430
• Format: PDF
• Category: Islamic Sciences and Intellectual Tradition
• Miras Maktoob Collection Code: 233

【Summary】

Ḥujjat al-Islām: Burhān al-Milla is a philosophical and theological refutation composed by Mullā ʿAlī Nūrī, a leading figure of the School of Transcendent Philosophy in Qajar Iran. The work was written in response to a polemical treatise authored by the Christian missionary Henry Martyn, who traveled to Iran in 1226 A.H. while completing his Persian translation of the Gospel and composed a critical tract against Islam.

Mullā ʿAlī Nūrī’s response goes beyond conventional apologetics and engages Christian theology through rigorous philosophical argumentation rooted in Islamic metaphysics and rational theology. The treatise reflects the broader intellectual climate of Safavid and post-Safavid Iran, shaped by increased contact with Christian Europe and sustained interreligious encounters. As such, it stands as a significant example of Islamic philosophical polemics and interfaith discourse in the early modern Middle East.