Abdussamad Esfahani

Nur al-Din Abdul Samad ibn Ali al-Isfahani (Persian: نورالدین عبدالصمد نطنزی), or Abdussamad Esfahani was an ascetic sage of the 13th century. Al-Isfahani hailed from Isfahan and stayed in Natanz.^[1] He was a student of Najib al-Din Bozgush Shirazni, himself a student of Shihab al-Din Umar Suhrawardi. His importance in Sufism stems from the fact that he was the teacher of Abdul Razzaq al-Kashani,^[2] the author of Ta'wilat al-Qur'an, a famous mystical exegesis (interpretation) of the Qur'an.^[3] Al-Isfahani died in 1299^[2] and he was succeeded by Shams al-Din Natanzi in his tariqah.

Abdul Samad al-Isfahani
The tomb of Shaykh Abdul Samad, inside the Jameh Mosque of Natanz
Nur al-Din
Born	Nur al-Din Abdul Samad ibn Ali al-Isfahani Isfahan, Iran
Residence	Natanz
Died	1299 Natanz, Iran
Venerated in	Suhrawardi Sufi Order
Major shrine	Tomb of Shaykh Abdul Samad, located within the Jameh Mosque of Natanz
Influences	Najib al-Din Bozgush Shirazni
Influenced	Abd al-Razzaq Kāshānī

Tomb

Dome of the Mausoleum of Shaykh 'Abd al-Samad in Natanz (1307, Ilkhanid era)

After his death, Abdul Samad al-Isfahani was buried in Natanz.^[1] A shrine was built over his grave under the orders of his disciple Shams al-Din Natanzi,^[1] with assistance from the vizier of the Mongol Ilkhanid ruler Muhammad Khudabandah, Zayn al-Din Mastari.^[1] The tomb of Al-Isfahani now stands in the center of the Jameh Mosque of Natanz, under its conical dome.^[1]