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Rulings
Joining Sufi orders and engaging in cult practices is not permissible – Supreme Leader Syed Ali Khamenei
بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ○ Translation: In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Question: What is the…
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Articles
Importance of critical thinking in Islam – Grand Ayatollah Nasir Makarem Shirazi
بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ○ Translation: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. In the Holy Quran,…
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Medieval Philosophy
Medieval Natural Philosophy in Latin Language – Dr. J. Thijssen
Before the publication of Newton’s Principia Mathematica Philosophiae Naturalis (1689), Aristotle’s Physics was the most widely read and influential book…
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Medieval Philosophy
Medieval Natural Philosophy in Arabic Language – Dr. Josep Montada
Natural philosophy written in Arabic from the time of the Koranic message through the 7 AH/13 CE century is the…
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Medieval Philosophy
Translations from Greek into Syriac – Dr. Emiliano Fiori
As for the philosophical and scientific texts are concerned, we can observe three periods of the translation activity from Greek…
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Ibn Arabi
Ibn Arabi – life and core beliefs
Born in Murcia (Spain) in 1165 CE, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ‘Arabī is known by the Sufis as “The Master…
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Books
Modern Sufis and the State – Book Download
Download Link Introduction – Prof. Katherine Pratt Ewing When we, as a public living at this particular historical moment, ask,…
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Books
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Medieval Philosophy
Misconceptions of Medieval Muslim Philosophers about the Solar System
Al-Farabi (d. 950 CE) Dr. Herbert A. Davidson writes: “The universe envisioned by al-Farabi is fashioned of Aristotelian bricks and…
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Rulings
Advice to the youth on mysticism – Grand Ayatollah Sistani
Question: Respected Marjaʼ Ayatullāh al-Udhmā Sayyid Ali al-Sistani Dāma Dhilluh, As-Salāmu ʿalaykum wa Rahmatullāhi wa Barakātuh. From time to time…
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