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…
Philosophy & Mysticism
A Treatise of Arbitrations – Risalah al-Muhakamat (Part 1)
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
Concern for Reason in a Religious Government In memory of a thinker who was concerned about the fate of reason within a…
Technology and Divine Practice of Allah
This is a translation of a lecture delivered by Agha Mohammad-Reza Abedini. Agha Abedini is a prominent scholar based in the seminary…
The Theory of Self-Evidence in Islamic Philosophy
By Abdul Husayn Khusro-Panah. I began translating this paper originally in 2016, in the city of Qom, but never got around to…
Astral Judgments and Intellectual-Cognitive Disorder in Islamic Civilization
By Shaykh Rasul Jafariyan, Translated by Sayyid Ali Imran Article Summary We all know there is a significant difference between the science…
(1) Explanation and Analysis of al-Farabi’s Theory Based on Kitab al-Millah
By Ustad Soroush Mahallati – Translated by Sayyid Ali Imran These are translations of classes delivered by Ustad Soroush Mahallati during the…
The Faith of Pharaoh – Comparing the Views of Ibn Arabi and Imam Khomeini
The following is a translation of an article titled Repentance and Faith of Pharaoh: From the Perspectives of Imam Khomeini and Ibn…
Division of Sciences From the Perspective of Pre-Modern Scholars
[Source – By Dr. Maryam Kiyani Farid] It may be as important and fundamental to understand human knowledge and its place in…
Why Teachers Need to Learn Philosophy of Training & Education
This is an abridged translation of a paper published in 2008 by Dr. Shaheen Irwani, Dr. Mohammed-Reza Sharafi and Murad-Yari Dehnawi, from…
God of Mysticism and the God of Philosophy
By professor Abolghasem Fanaei This paper aims to comparatively study mystical theology and philosophical theology in Islamic culture. The main claim of…
Al-Dawani’s Contested Mystical Praise of the Prophet (saw)
While I was unpacking a box of books I came across an interesting set of seven treatises written by various philosophers. One…
Interview with Ghulam Reza Fayyazi | Theologian or Philosopher? | Critique of Sadrian Philosophy | Philosophy and Religious Texts
Below is an interview conducted by Hadi Al Lawati on his show Hira (حَيْرَة) with contemporary Iranian philosopher Ustad Ghulam Reza Fayyazi.…
On Islamic Irfan (Mysticism): Analyzing its Epistemology and Pedagogic Dimensions
The following is a translation of Shaykh Ḥaydar Ḥubbullāh’s epistemic analysis of mysticism.[1] We found this piece particularly important to translate, especially…
Obedience (ta‘abbud) and Intellection (ta‘aqqul) in Religion
Between March 20th – April 18th 2020 (lesson 118 – 131) in the advanced lessons on legal theory, Shaykh Haider Hobollah addressed…
Mulla Sadra on Spiritual Realisation
While reading through Ṣadrā’s commentary on Uṣūl al-Kāfī, I came across this beautiful explanation of the methods different groups use to attain…
Understanding Repentance And Intercession In The Context Of Embodiment Of Deeds And Psychological Punishment
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?…
Shaykh al-Ishraq’s Attitude Towards Mantiq (Logic)
One of the areas in Illuminationist philosophy that has yet to be extensively studied by scholars is the views and attitude of…
The First Creation
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم By Shaykh Zoheir Esmail Mystics have devoted much attention on God’s first creation as within the conception of…
The Principles of Philosophy and the Method of Realism | Summary of Article 3 [Knowledge and Perception]
Preliminaries 1. The subject-matter of this article is the identification of the substance of knowledge and the soul from the perspective of…
A Study of the Five Realms in Islamic Mysticism: The Quran and Narrations
Preface Islamic mysticism is an esoteric approach to the Qur’an and the sunna of the Prophet. However, this statement does not mean…
An In-Depth Study of the Noetic Realm
Abstract The Noetic Realm is one of the realms mentioned in Islamic philosophy and mysticism. This realm is the highest and most…
Mystical Sainthood and the Perfect Man (al-Wilayah al-Irfaniyyah wa al-Insan al-Kamil)
This is an English transcription of three introductory talks given by Shaykh Haider Hobbollah at Jami’at al-Zahra – one of the largest…
Brief Overview of the Relationship Between Rationality and Revelation
https://youtu.be/oeEhgEYwWJk Below is a summary of a talk delivered by Shaykh Haider Hobbollah in Kuwait on 6th March 2017. Translated by…
The Principles of Philosophy and the Method of Realism | Summary of Article 2 [Philosophy and Sophistry]
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 | Summary of Article 1 [What is Philosophy?]
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.…
The Correct Method for Studying Philosophy – Ayatullah Ramazani
Translator’s Intro When I first got to the hawzah, I remember jumping around from teacher to teacher, looking for advice regarding the…
A Study of the Fixed Entities in Islamic Mysticism
By Sayyid Waḥῑd ‘Alawῑ The discussion of The Fixed Entities, A’yān ath Thābita, is one of the most important topics in mysticism.…
Why Scientism is Not Only Unscientific But Also The Enemy Of Science
By Amir Mahdi Ghafarian Scientism can be defined as the belief that science, and more precisely the natural sciences, has the most…
The Realm of Barzakh (Mithāl) – The Imaginal Realm
By Sayyid Waḥῑd ‘Alawῑ Abstract Questions that are put forth here is what the Imaginal Realm is? What role and necessity does it…
Intellectual Spheres and Their Impact on the Type of Hypotheses Entertained in a Study
By Shaykh Haider Hobbollah / Translated by Ali Jabbar Original Source For every intellectual framework, there are hypotheses which are considered possible…
Is Knowledge of God Gifted Knowledge or Earned Knowledge – Remarks of ‘Allamah Majlisi & ‘Allamah Tabatabai
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…
Mental Existence, View of Shabah, and Corroboration with Extra-Mental Reality
Written for the module: Islamic Philosophy, taken at The Islamic College for a MA in Islamic Studies with professor Latimah Parvin Peerwani. Originally submitted…
The Need for Intellectual Sciences | Ayatullah Ghulam Reza Fayyazi
Translated by Saiyid Hasan Ali Rizvi Religion is not just [a set of] rules. The rulings themselves are only useful for someone who…
Knowledge by Presence | Introduction to Islamic Epistemology – Part 2
Read Part 1 The Definition of Presential Knowledge* and Acquired Knowledge There are different ways to understand and recognize pain. You’ve no…
Concepts and General Principles | Introduction to Islamic Epistemology – Part 1
Compiled by Saiyid Hasan Ali Rizvi and Sayyid Ali Imran God Willing, we will be posting up a series of posts introducing the…
Creation, Eternity, and Modern Cosmology: A Critique of Dr. Hawking’s Views
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…
[Book Summary] Required and Sufficient Knowledge in Religion – Chapter Three
Chapter One | Chapter Two | Chapter Three Chapter Three: Degree of Knowledge Required by Religion In his attempt to determine whether…
[Book Summary] Required and Sufficient Knowledge in Religion – Chapter Two
Chapter One | Chapter Two | Chapter Three Chapter Two: Possibility of Attaining Certainty In Religious Beliefs Continuing on with where he (Hussain…
[Book Summary] Required and Sufficient Knowledge in Religion – Chapter One
Muhammad Hussain Zadeh is a renowned scholar of epistemology (and other subjects) in the city of Qom, Iran. He has written numerous…