These are transcripts of lessons on “Reality of Revelation and Religious Experience” delivered by Shaykh Haider Hobbollah once a week in 2021. Lesson 13 – July 7th, 2021 This is the last lesson of our series, in which we covered various interpretations regarding revelation, from the view of theologians, all the way to the view … Read more

These are transcripts of lessons on “Reality of Revelation and Religious Experience” delivered by Shaykh Haider Hobbollah once a week in 2021. Lesson 12 – June 29th, 2021 We been discussing religious experience and revelation and have decided to choose just one scholar as a case study due to lack of time. We have discussed … Read more

These are transcripts of lessons on “Reality of Revelation and Religious Experience” delivered by Shaykh Haider Hobbollah once a week in 2021. Lesson 11 – June 22nd, 2021 Phase 5: Prophecy and Revelation in Context of Religious Experience We have been discussing the sixth interpretation on revelation that looks at it from the perspective of … Read more

These are transcripts of lessons on “Reality of Revelation and Religious Experience” delivered by Shaykh Haider Hobbollah once a week in 2021. Lesson 10 – June 15th, 2021 In this brief lesson we will expand on six types of religious experiences as expounded on by Caroline Franks Davis in her work The Evidential Force of … Read more

These are transcripts of lessons on “Reality of Revelation and Religious Experience” delivered by Shaykh Haider Hobbollah once a week in 2021. Lesson 9 – June 8th, 2021 We are trying to offer a very brief explanation of the concept of religious experience, without going to go into extensive details. Phase 3: Nature and Foundations … Read more

These are transcripts of lessons on “Reality of Revelation and Religious Experience” delivered by Shaykh Haider Hobbollah once a week in 2021. Lesson 8 – June 1st, 2021 Until now we have gone over five prominent interpretations of revelation. In the last two centuries, one prominent interpretation put forth by philosophers of religion and many … Read more

These are transcripts of lessons on “Reality of Revelation and Religious Experience” delivered by Shaykh Haider Hobbollah once a week in 2021. Lesson 7 – May 25th, 2021 So far we have looked at three main interpretations of revelation amongst Muslim scholars. In this lesson, we will speak of two interpretations which are slightly different: … Read more

These are transcripts of lessons on “Reality of Revelation and Religious Experience” delivered by Shaykh Haider Hobbollah once a week in 2021. Lesson 6 – May 18th, 2021 In the last lesson we briefly spoke about wilāyah, how it is different from Prophethood, and the concept of the Muhammadan Reality. In this lesson, we will … Read more

These are transcripts of lessons on “Reality of Revelation and Religious Experience” delivered by Shaykh Haider Hobbollah once a week in 2021. Lesson 5 – May 15th, 2021 In this lesson we will begin discussing the views of the mystics regarding revelation. The fact of the matter is that their understanding of revelation is very … Read more

These are transcripts of lessons on “Reality of Revelation and Religious Experience” delivered by Shaykh Haider Hobbollah once a week in 2021. Lesson 4 – May 4th, 2021 The Sadrians Although Sadrian philosophers borrowed certain similar terms and concepts from the Peripateticc, there are also some substantial differences between the two schools on the discussion … Read more

These are transcripts of lessons on “Reality of Revelation and Religious Experience” delivered by Shaykh Haider Hobbollah once a week in 2021. Lesson 3 – April 27th, 2021 Ibn Sīnā agrees with the overall framework offered by Fārābī but differs in some particular matters. When it comes to details of how the soul of the … Read more

These are transcripts of lessons on “Reality of Revelation and Religious Experience” delivered by Shaykh Haider Hobbollah once a week in 2021. Lesson 2 – April 20th 2021 2. Another critique on the theologians’ interpretation is offered by the philosophers – particularly Sadrian philosophers and mystics – who say there is a methodological fallacy in … Read more