Ma`rifat Falsafi

The Asfar Arba¨a is the name of the book written by Sadr al - Muta¨allihin; who is given the title "the cheaf of the divine philosophers. This book has such dignity that many philosophers and great learned men have expressed their inability to perceive its content; therefore, its translation is not an easy job. This task depends on three issues: 1. Camplete familarity to Scientific Arabic language. 2. Complte familiarity to Islamic philosophy and its history, especialy complete familiarity to Sadraian philosophy and the ability to uncover its secrets and concepts. 3. A mystical taste and a special spiritual readiness. Otherwise, one should not enter such an arena. This article studies and criticizes the transtation of Asfar Arba¨a by Mohammad Khajavi. This work could not convey the elegant beautiful meanings of Asfar, rather its perpelexing full - of - mistake sentences pushes the reader away from the original content of the book.