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Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul
The Pertinence of Islamic Cosmology in the Modern World
"With academic courses either encouraging commercialism, or cultivating zealots, Chittick states that it is impossible to understand classical Islamic texts without the years of contemplative study that are anathema to the modern education system. Insisting upon a return to the ways of the ancient wisdom tradition, which saw the quest for knowledge of the soul, the world, and God as a unifying spiritual discipline, Chittick maintains that the study of Islamic texts cannot be treated separately from self-understanding. Fascinating, radical, and a true challenge to modern trends in academic study, this book opens a new debate in Islamic thought."
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Allamah Muhammad Husayn Tabataba’i, Philosopher, Exegete and Gnostic
A brief biography that traces the life and legacy of the important 20th century scholar Allāmah Muḥammad Ḥusayn Ṭabāṭabāʾī
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Biography of the late Ayatullah Murtadha Mutahhari
A brief biography that traces the life and legacy of the important 20th century scholar Shahīd Murtaḍa Muṭahharī a student of Allāmah Muḥammad Ḥusayn Ṭabāṭabāʾī
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Imam Khomeini: A Short Biography
A brief biography that traces the life and legacy of the important 20th century scholar Sayyid Ruḥullah al-Musawī al-Khomeini
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Ownership in Islam
"The discussion incorporates the problem of value which comprises divine ownership, its origin and extent, man's ownership, its origin, extent and types (individual ownership and its types, collective ownership and its types) and the effects of ownership as expressed in the right to possession, right to cede and its compulsory transfer. An in-depth attitude is being adopted while treating the sensitive areas of man's ownership and also the effects of such ownership expressed in terms of the right to possession and its exploitation, etc."
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The Fusion of the Gnostic and the Political in the Personality and Life of Imam Khomeini
"The integrality and comprehensiveness of the Imam's personality and vision of Islam are such that analytical distinctions among their various dimensions are in a sense artificial, reflecting an effort to understand the Imam rather than his actuality. It is nonetheless legitimate – or at least inevitable – to speak of the Gnostic ( ‘irfani) and political aspects of his life and activity and to accord a certain primacy to the former, in terms of not only chronology but also significance."