A Treatise of Arbitrations – Risalah al-Muhakamat (Part 2)
Second lecture by Ustad Soroush Mahallati on this treatise written by ‘Allamah Tabataba’i. Below is the translation of the 2nd class delivered…
Second lecture by Ustad Soroush Mahallati on this treatise written by ‘Allamah Tabataba’i. Below is the translation of the 2nd class delivered…
Ustad Soroush Mahallati is covering several unique topics during the hawzah summer breaks on a weekly basis. One of them is this…
Concern for Reason in a Religious Government In memory of a thinker who was concerned about the fate of reason within a…
This is a translation of a lecture delivered by Agha Mohammad-Reza Abedini. Agha Abedini is a prominent scholar based in the seminary…
By Abdul Husayn Khusro-Panah. I began translating this paper originally in 2016, in the city of Qom, but never got around to…
By Shaykh Rasul Jafariyan, Translated by Sayyid Ali Imran Article Summary We all know there is a significant difference between the science…
By Ustad Soroush Mahallati – Translated by Sayyid Ali Imran These are translations of classes delivered by Ustad Soroush Mahallati during the…
The following is a translation of an article titled Repentance and Faith of Pharaoh: From the Perspectives of Imam Khomeini and Ibn…
[Source – By Dr. Maryam Kiyani Farid] It may be as important and fundamental to understand human knowledge and its place in…
This is an abridged translation of a paper published in 2008 by Dr. Shaheen Irwani, Dr. Mohammed-Reza Sharafi and Murad-Yari Dehnawi, from…
By professor Abolghasem Fanaei This paper aims to comparatively study mystical theology and philosophical theology in Islamic culture. The main claim of…
While I was unpacking a box of books I came across an interesting set of seven treatises written by various philosophers. One…
Below is an interview conducted by Hadi Al Lawati on his show Hira (حَيْرَة) with contemporary Iranian philosopher Ustad Ghulam Reza Fayyazi.…
The following is a translation of Shaykh Ḥaydar Ḥubbullāh’s epistemic analysis of mysticism.[1] We found this piece particularly important to translate, especially…
Between March 20th – April 18th 2020 (lesson 118 – 131) in the advanced lessons on legal theory, Shaykh Haider Hobollah addressed…
While reading through Ṣadrā’s commentary on Uṣūl al-Kāfī, I came across this beautiful explanation of the methods different groups use to attain…
How can repentance (tawbah) and intercession (shafāʿah) be understood in the context of the theory of embodiment of deeds (tajassum al aʿmāl) and psychological punishment?…
One of the areas in Illuminationist philosophy that has yet to be extensively studied by scholars is the views and attitude of…
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم By Shaykh Zoheir Esmail Mystics have devoted much attention on God’s first creation as within the conception of…
Preliminaries 1. The subject-matter of this article is the identification of the substance of knowledge and the soul from the perspective of…
Preface Islamic mysticism is an esoteric approach to the Qur’an and the sunna of the Prophet. However, this statement does not mean…
Abstract The Noetic Realm is one of the realms mentioned in Islamic philosophy and mysticism. This realm is the highest and most…
This is an English transcription of three introductory talks given by Shaykh Haider Hobbollah at Jami’at al-Zahra – one of the largest…
https://youtu.be/oeEhgEYwWJk Below is a summary of a talk delivered by Shaykh Haider Hobbollah in Kuwait on 6th March 2017. Translated by…
Before a summary of the second article in The Principles of Philosophy and the Method of Realism (Usul-i falsafeh va ravesh-i ri’alism)…
The Principles of Philosophy and the Method of Realism (Usul-i falsafeh va ravesh-i ri’alism) is one of ‘Allāmah Ṭabāṭabā’ī’s most important works.…
Translator’s Intro When I first got to the hawzah, I remember jumping around from teacher to teacher, looking for advice regarding the…
By Sayyid Waḥῑd ‘Alawῑ The discussion of The Fixed Entities, A’yān ath Thābita, is one of the most important topics in mysticism.…
By Amir Mahdi Ghafarian Scientism can be defined as the belief that science, and more precisely the natural sciences, has the most…
By Sayyid Waḥῑd ‘Alawῑ Abstract Questions that are put forth here is what the Imaginal Realm is? What role and necessity does it…
By Shaykh Haider Hobbollah / Translated by Ali Jabbar Original Source For every intellectual framework, there are hypotheses which are considered possible…
Two books I was introduced to very early on in the Ḥawzah were Maṣābīḥ al-Anwār fī Ḥall al-Mushkilāt al-Akhbār of al-Sayyid ‘Abdullah…
Written for the module: Islamic Philosophy, taken at The Islamic College for a MA in Islamic Studies with professor Latimah Parvin Peerwani. Originally submitted…
Translated by Saiyid Hasan Ali Rizvi Religion is not just [a set of] rules. The rulings themselves are only useful for someone who…
Read Part 1 The Definition of Presential Knowledge* and Acquired Knowledge There are different ways to understand and recognize pain. You’ve no…
Compiled by Saiyid Hasan Ali Rizvi and Sayyid Ali Imran God Willing, we will be posting up a series of posts introducing the…
Compiled by: Saiyid Hasan Ali Rizvi [Hasan.A.Rizvi@gmail.com] When we enter college or the workplace, or any place in the modern world, we…
Chapter One | Chapter Two | Chapter Three Chapter Three: Degree of Knowledge Required by Religion In his attempt to determine whether…
Chapter One | Chapter Two | Chapter Three Chapter Two: Possibility of Attaining Certainty In Religious Beliefs Continuing on with where he (Hussain…
Muhammad Hussain Zadeh is a renowned scholar of epistemology (and other subjects) in the city of Qom, Iran. He has written numerous…