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Category: Philosophy

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Ibn Tufayl’s “Hayy ibn Yaqzan” had an enormous impact on the Age of Reason

  • by Nimira Dewji
  • Posted on December 2, 2021

Abu Bakr ibn Tufayl (d. ca.1186), a philosopher, astronomer, court official, and physician to the Almohad ruler, was…

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The Ultimate Purpose of Creation: From Celestial Macrocosm to Terrestrial Microcosm

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  • Posted on June 3, 2019June 4, 2019

By Sujjawal Ahmad In the Middle Ages, Neoplatonic ideas were studied and discussed by many Muslim…

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Ismaili Philosophy | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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Ismaili Philosophy | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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  • Posted on March 10, 2018

Ismailism belongs to the Shi‘a main stream of Islam. Recent scholarship, based on a more…

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Sujjawal Ahmad: Ismaili Doctrine of God Beyond Being and Non-being
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Sujjawal Ahmad: Ismaili Doctrine of God Beyond Being and Non-being

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  • Posted on November 14, 2017November 16, 2017

Sujjawal Ahmad looks at the view of God presented in the Classical Ismaili Philosophy.  …

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Fifteenth-Century Central Asian Text: Reflections on Authorship and Confessional Identity - Presentation by Daniel Beben
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Fifteenth-Century Central Asian Text: Reflections on Authorship and Confessional Identity – Presentation by Daniel Beben

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  • Posted on October 29, 2017October 29, 2017

From the Institute of Ismaili Studies Symposium: Before the Printed Word: Texts, Scribes and Transmission.…

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DIDAR: By Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S.Ali
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DIDAR: By Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S. Ali

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  • Posted on October 6, 2017October 7, 2017

Excerpts: The didar does not mean mere an act of looking at the Imam. It…

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New Publication: Al-Ghazālī’s Appropriation of Ismaʿili Cosmology by Khalil Andani
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New Publication: Al-Ghazālī’s Appropriation of Ismaʿili Cosmology by Khalil Andani

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on September 12, 2017September 14, 2017

Khalil Andani: Journal of Islamic Studies, etx054, https://doi.org/10.1093/jis/etx054 Published: 05 September 2017 Link: https://academic.oup.com/jis/article-abstract/4104486/The-Merits-of-the-Ba-iniyya-Al-Ghazali-s  Abu Hamid al-Ghazal, one of…

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Jamaatkhana: House of God - House of Jamaat
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Jamatkhana: House of God – House of Jamaat

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on September 12, 2017September 12, 2017

Preface In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful God, the Blessed and Exalted…

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The Most Extensive Account of Ghadir Khum
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The Most Extensive Account of Ghadir Khum

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on September 8, 2017September 7, 2017

The most extensive and in depth details of the event of Ghadir Khum ever recorded.…

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Nasir-i Khusraw: “Strive to seek knowledge in order to draw nearer to God”

  • by Nimira Dewji
  • Posted on August 14, 2017August 14, 2017

“…that which perceives things as they are is the intellect, while knowledge is in the Pearl…

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TIME: Physical Time & Spiritual Time
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TIME: Physical Time & Spiritual Time

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  • Posted on August 4, 2017August 3, 2017

IsmailiGnosis.com Exclusive. There are two levels of time: Physical Time called Zaman and Spiritual Time called ‘Asr. This…

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TIME: Is Human History Cyclical in Time?
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TIME: What Or Who Causes Time To Exist?

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on August 2, 2017August 3, 2017

A former Dean of the Institute of Ismaili Studies, Professor Azim Nanji, defines Time and its properties as being critically important in the Shia Ismaili Tariqah of Islam:

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Knowledge and Liberation
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TIME: What It Is – What It Is Not

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on August 1, 2017August 2, 2017

Continuing from above. It is inconceivable for the simple (person) that time can be removed…

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TIME: Where Did Time Come From?
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TIME: Where Did Time Come From?

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on July 31, 2017August 1, 2017

Time and space are the framework in which we formulate all of our current theories of…

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Understanding Ismaili Muslim Theology and Practice
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Understanding Ismaili Muslim Theology and Practice

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on July 12, 2017July 23, 2017

Source: The Islamic Monthly, by Khalil Andani Until recently, most people learned about Ismaili beliefs…

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A Brief History of Ismaili Muslims
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A Brief History of Ismaili Muslims

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on July 7, 2017July 23, 2017

Ismaili Muslims and their hereditary Imams have emerged today onto the global public sphere with a message of hope based on acts of compassion and pluralism.

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Islamic Humanism: On-line Presentation by Professor Noor Gillani
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Islamic Humanism: On-line Presentation by Professor Noor Gillani

  • by Arif Ali
  • Posted on May 10, 2017May 11, 2017

Model of Individual Human Development to the Fullest Potential – Based on the Qur’anic Concept of Human Being

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Yawm-e Ali Lecture by Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi at the Ismaili Centre Toronto
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Yawm-e Ali Lecture by Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi at the Ismaili Centre Toronto

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on April 30, 2017April 29, 2017

A lecture commemorating Yawm-e-Ali, the birthday of Hazrat Ali, is being given by Syed Ali Abbas Razawi, Director General of the Scottish Ahlul Bayt Society, at the Ismaili Centre, Toronto on Saturday, 1 April 2017.

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(Live Tweets) Ismaili Studies Conference Keynote Address by Dr. Homi K. Bhabha, Director Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University
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(Live Tweets) Ismaili Studies Conference Keynote Address by Dr. Homi K. Bhabha, Director Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on March 10, 2017March 13, 2017

March 9, 2017: Keynote Address at 2nd International Ismaili Studies Conference by Carleton University’s Islamic…

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The Second International Ismaili Studies Conference at Carleton University
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The Second International Ismaili Studies Conference at Carleton University

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on February 23, 2017March 10, 2017

The Carleton Centre for the Study of Islam, under the leadership of Professor Karim H.…

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Unthinkable: The Islamic thinker who ‘proved’ God exists
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Unthinkable: The Islamic thinker who ‘proved’ God exists

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on February 5, 2017February 5, 2017

Medieval philosophers don’t get much attention these days but Avicenna deserves it, says Prof Peter…

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Call for Papers: Shi'i Studies Group Symposium | The University of Chicago
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Call for Papers: Shi’i Studies Group Symposium | The University of Chicago

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on February 5, 2017February 4, 2017

Call for Papers (CFP): “Shiʿism and Governance” Abstract submission deadline: February 24th, 2017 Symposium Date:…

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Nasir-i Khusraw’s Doctrine of the Soul: From the Universal Intellect to the Physical World in Ismaili Philosophy | Dr. Alice C. Hunsberger

  • by Sujjawal Ahmad
  • Posted on January 18, 2017November 13, 2017

In Nasir-i Khusraw’s system, the physical world is a product resulting  directly from Soul’s desire…

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Arabic translators did far more than just preserve Greek philosophy | Aeon
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Arabic translators did far more than just preserve Greek philosophy | Aeon

  • by Arif Ali
  • Posted on January 16, 2017February 4, 2017

In European antiquity, philosophers largely wrote in Greek. Even after the Roman conquest of the…

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The scholar known as the father of chemistry was a student of Imam Jafar al-Sadiq

  • by Nimira Dewji
  • Posted on January 6, 2017January 6, 2017

Jabir ibn Hayyan (d. ca 815) was born in Tus, Khurasan, in modern-day Iran. He…

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