Mohammed Rustom
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 460325 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Mohammed Rustom |
| PRENOMES | Mohammed |
| SOBRENOME | Rustom |
| ASSINATURA | RUSTOM M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Carleton University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7020-9374 |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 27 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 26 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2005 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Recognizing Recognition
This article delves into the Arabic noun maʿrifa as employed in a range of Arabic and Persian Sufi texts. After unpacking the semantics of the ʿ–r–f root in the Qurʾān and ḥadīth literature and juxtaposing maʿrifa with ʿilm, the piece seeks to demonstrate how Sufi authors specifically conceived of maʿrifa as a type of recognition of oneself and of God. This recognition is activated by the practice of dhikr or the remembrance of God, which in the …
Inrushes of the Heart
From the Divine to the Human
The Essence of Reality
A groundbreaking exposition of Islamic mysticism The Essence of Reality was written over the course of just three days in 514/1120, by a scholar who was just twenty-four. The text, like its author ʿAyn al-Quḍāt, is remarkable for many reasons, not least of which that it is in all likelihood the earliest philosophical exposition of mysticism in the Islamic intellectual tradition. This important work would go on to exert significant influence on bo…
Introduction
This special issue of the Journal of Sufi Studies attempts to make the case that the act of translation is best seen as a recurrent activity necessitated by the various changes that inform the interpretation of Sufi texts on the one hand, and the languages and cultures that receive them on the other. The nine Sufi texts featured in this collection illustrate the diversity of genres and variety of languages in which they have been written, thereby…
Some Pointers and Reminders in Islamic Studies
Below are pointers and reminders (in no particular order) on how to go about navigating one’s way through the various stages of academic life in Islamic Studies. This document is intended for those who are training to be in, or are already in, the profession. Although in my own words, many of the items listed below are rephrased from counsel given by teachers and friends over the years
Notes on the Semantic Range of “Deliverance” in the Quran
This article argues against the indiscriminate reading of Christian discursive categories into the Quran, taking the term “salvation” as its case in point. Rather than “salvation,” the word “deliverance” more adequately accounts for the complexity inherent in four closely related Arabic root structures employed throughout the Quran
Self-Awareness in Islamic Philosophy
Self-Awareness in Islamic Philosophy: Avicenna and Beyond. By Jari Kaukua. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Pp. x + 257. $95
Some Pointers and Reminders in Islamic Studies
Book Review
Sayyid Ḥaydar Āmulī’s Seal of Absolute walāya
In Ibn ʿArabī's (d. 638/1240) highly developed theory of walāya (‘sainthood’ or ‘friendship with God’), Jesus is conceived of as the ‘Seal of Absolute walāya’ whereas Ibn ʿArabī is the ‘Seal of Restricted walāya’. After explaining how Ibn ʿArabī understands these two designations, we shall move on to Sayyid Ḥaydar Āmulī's (d. ca. 787/1385) critique of Ibn ʿArabī's hagiology. Although Āmulī was one of Ibn ʿArabī's most prominent Shīʿī admirers, he…
Devil’s Advocate
The writings of ʿAyn al-Quḍāt Hamadānī (d. 525/1131) anticipate some of the major trends that characterize the post-Avicennan ḥikmat tradition. But modern scholarship has as of yet not completely come to grips with the far-reaching implications of ʿAyn al-Quḍāt’s teachings, many of which are framed in terms of the symbolic language and imagery of the Persian Sufi school of passionate love ( madhhab-i ʿishq ) and the defence of the devil’s monothe…
Islam in English
The Quranic revelation had a tremendous impact upon the societies, art, and thought of the various peoples with whom it came into contact. But perhaps nowhere is this influence as evident as in the domain of language, the very medium of the revelation. First, the Arabic language itself was radically and irrevocably altered by the manifestation of the Quran.3 Then, as the language of the divine revelation, Quranic Arabic exerted a wide-ranging inf…
Polished Mirror
The Polished Mirror: Storytelling and the Pursuit of Virtue in Islamic Philosophy and Sufism. By Cyrus Ali Zargar. London: Oneworld, 2017. Pp. 341. $30, £20 (paper
ʿAyn al-Quḍāt between Divine Jealousy and Political Intrigue
Modern scholars have been interested in the great Persian Sufi martyr ʿAyn al-Quḍāt Hamadānī (d. 525/1131) for over six decades. Despite this fact, many aspects of his life and thought still remain terra incognita . Our knowledge of the circumstances surrounding his death is a case-in-point. Although we have a fairly good understanding of the factors which led to ʿAyn al-Quḍāt’s demise, there are other “causes” which simultaneously complement and…
Neo-Orientalism and the Study of Islamic Philosophy
After attending Professor Rustom's advanced seminar on Ibn Sina at Carleton University in winter 2017, doctoral candidate Soroosh Shahriari of McGill University, Canada, "brought up the possibility of . . . [posing] some 'hard' questions concerning the contemporary study of Islamic philosophy." Rustom's in-depth knowledge of the method and spirit of traditional Islamic education and Islamic metaphysics helps us navigate the complexities inherent …
The Sufi Doctrine of Man
Ibn Arab 's Letter to Fakhr al-D n al-R z
This article offers a study and translation of an important but understudied letter written by the famous Sufi Ibn ʿArabī (d. 638/1240) to the foremost theologian of his day, Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d. 606/1210). After situating the letter against the backdrop of the general Rāzī ‘polemic’ which had emerged in Central Asia and Anatolia during the sixth/twelfth and seventh/thirteenth centuries (particularly in Persian Sufi writings), the article exp…
From the School of Illumination to Philosophical Mysticism
The series “An Anthology of Philosophy in Persia” is a massive multi-volume project that seeks to give coverage to Persia's rich philosophical heritage, from its pre-Islamic past down to the end of
The Triumph of Mercy
Mulla Sadra and Metaphysics
Mullā Ṣadrā and Metaphysics is the first English-language monograph devoted to an examination of the central role of tashkīk al-wujūd (gradation or modulation of being) in Ṣadrian ontology. Understanding the manner in which tashkīk figures in Ṣadrā’s metaphysics is of utmost importance in coming to terms with how he manages to tackle some of the most vexing philosophical problems, such as the relationship between unity and multiplicity, or how it…
In Memoriam
of Toronto's Department of Near Eastern Studies (later called the Department of Middle East and Islamic Studies, and now known as the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations)
Equilibrium and Realization
William Chittick, currently professor of religious studies at the State University of New York (Stony Brook), is an internationally renowned expert on Islamic thought. His contributions to the fields of Sufism and Islamic philosophy have helped paint a clearer picture of the intellectual and spiritual landscape of Islamic civilization from the seventh/thirteenth century onwards. Yet Chittick is not simply concerned with discussions in Islamic tho…
The metaphysics of the heart in the Sufi doctrine of Rumi
In the Masnavi-yi Ma'navi (The Couplets of Esoteric Meaning) written by the famous Muslim mystical poet, Jalal al-Din Rumi (d. 1273 C.E.), countless metaphysical teachings are interwoven into the fabric of the text. It is, as one author has called it, "an ocean of gnosis" (Nasr 1993: 183). For this short paper I have dipped into this "ocean of gnosis" and resurfaced with several of the most important passages in which Rumi lays out his metaphysic…
Mullā Sadrā's Prolegomenon to the Mafātīh al-ghayb
Ismaili Literature
This compilation of Ismaili literature is the result of over thirty years ofresearch, put together by one of the world’s leading experts on Ismailithought and history. Previous attempts to take account of Ismaili literaturehave been carried out by such noteworthy scholars as W. Ivanow and I.Poonawala. But as the author notes, their compilations were essentially inventories of manuscripts, whereas the present bibliography is solely concernedwith t…
From the Divine to the Human
Ibn Arab 's Letter to Fakhr al-D n al-R z
This article offers a study and translation of an important but understudied letter written by the famous Sufi Ibn ʿArabī (d. 638/1240) to the foremost theologian of his day, Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d. 606/1210). After situating the letter against the backdrop of the general Rāzī ‘polemic’ which had emerged in Central Asia and Anatolia during the sixth/twelfth and seventh/thirteenth centuries (particularly in Persian Sufi writings), the article exp…
Recognizing Recognition
This article delves into the Arabic noun maʿrifa as employed in a range of Arabic and Persian Sufi texts. After unpacking the semantics of the ʿ–r–f root in the Qurʾān and ḥadīth literature and juxtaposing maʿrifa with ʿilm, the piece seeks to demonstrate how Sufi authors specifically conceived of maʿrifa as a type of recognition of oneself and of God. This recognition is activated by the practice of dhikr or the remembrance of God, which in the …
Devil’s Advocate
The writings of ʿAyn al-Quḍāt Hamadānī (d. 525/1131) anticipate some of the major trends that characterize the post-Avicennan ḥikmat tradition. But modern scholarship has as of yet not completely come to grips with the far-reaching implications of ʿAyn al-Quḍāt’s teachings, many of which are framed in terms of the symbolic language and imagery of the Persian Sufi school of passionate love ( madhhab-i ʿishq ) and the defence of the devil’s monothe…
The metaphysics of the heart in the Sufi doctrine of Rumi
In the Masnavi-yi Ma'navi (The Couplets of Esoteric Meaning) written by the famous Muslim mystical poet, Jalal al-Din Rumi (d. 1273 C.E.), countless metaphysical teachings are interwoven into the fabric of the text. It is, as one author has called it, "an ocean of gnosis" (Nasr 1993: 183). For this short paper I have dipped into this "ocean of gnosis" and resurfaced with several of the most important passages in which Rumi lays out his metaphysic…
Ismaili Literature
This compilation of Ismaili literature is the result of over thirty years ofresearch, put together by one of the world’s leading experts on Ismailithought and history. Previous attempts to take account of Ismaili literaturehave been carried out by such noteworthy scholars as W. Ivanow and I.Poonawala. But as the author notes, their compilations were essentially inventories of manuscripts, whereas the present bibliography is solely concernedwith t…
Forms of gnosis in Sulamī's Sufi exegesis of the Fāti&art1;a
This paper will look at the Sufi interpretations of Sūrat al-fāti&art1;a found in the early mystical Qur'an commentary known as the &art2;aqā'iq al-tafsīr by the well known Sufi, Abū c Abd al-Ra&art1;mān al-Sulamī (d. 1021). The Sufi tafsīr of this sūra will be read not only as a compilation of early mystical interpretations of the Qur'an, but also as a unique work by Sulamī himself. A close reading of the various Sufi authors' interpretations se…
Ibn 'Arabi and Modern Thought
Mullā Sadrā's Prolegomenon to the Mafātīh al-ghayb
Equilibrium and Realization
William Chittick, currently professor of religious studies at the State University of New York (Stony Brook), is an internationally renowned expert on Islamic thought. His contributions to the fields of Sufism and Islamic philosophy have helped paint a clearer picture of the intellectual and spiritual landscape of Islamic civilization from the seventh/thirteenth century onwards. Yet Chittick is not simply concerned with discussions in Islamic tho…
The metaphysics of the heart in the Sufi doctrine of Rumi
In the Masnavi-yi Ma'navi (The Couplets of Esoteric Meaning) written by the famous Muslim mystical poet, Jalal al-Din Rumi (d. 1273 C.E.), countless metaphysical teachings are interwoven into the fabric of the text. It is, as one author has called it, "an ocean of gnosis" (Nasr 1993: 183). For this short paper I have dipped into this "ocean of gnosis" and resurfaced with several of the most important passages in which Rumi lays out his metaphysic…
In Memoriam
of Toronto's Department of Near Eastern Studies (later called the Department of Middle East and Islamic Studies, and now known as the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations)
Mulla Sadra and Metaphysics
Mullā Ṣadrā and Metaphysics is the first English-language monograph devoted to an examination of the central role of tashkīk al-wujūd (gradation or modulation of being) in Ṣadrian ontology. Understanding the manner in which tashkīk figures in Ṣadrā’s metaphysics is of utmost importance in coming to terms with how he manages to tackle some of the most vexing philosophical problems, such as the relationship between unity and multiplicity, or how it…
The Triumph of Mercy
From the School of Illumination to Philosophical Mysticism
The series “An Anthology of Philosophy in Persia” is a massive multi-volume project that seeks to give coverage to Persia's rich philosophical heritage, from its pre-Islamic past down to the end of
Ibn Arab 's Letter to Fakhr al-D n al-R z
This article offers a study and translation of an important but understudied letter written by the famous Sufi Ibn ʿArabī (d. 638/1240) to the foremost theologian of his day, Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d. 606/1210). After situating the letter against the backdrop of the general Rāzī ‘polemic’ which had emerged in Central Asia and Anatolia during the sixth/twelfth and seventh/thirteenth centuries (particularly in Persian Sufi writings), the article exp…
The Sufi Doctrine of Man
ʿAyn al-Quḍāt between Divine Jealousy and Political Intrigue
Modern scholars have been interested in the great Persian Sufi martyr ʿAyn al-Quḍāt Hamadānī (d. 525/1131) for over six decades. Despite this fact, many aspects of his life and thought still remain terra incognita . Our knowledge of the circumstances surrounding his death is a case-in-point. Although we have a fairly good understanding of the factors which led to ʿAyn al-Quḍāt’s demise, there are other “causes” which simultaneously complement and…
Neo-Orientalism and the Study of Islamic Philosophy
After attending Professor Rustom's advanced seminar on Ibn Sina at Carleton University in winter 2017, doctoral candidate Soroosh Shahriari of McGill University, Canada, "brought up the possibility of . . . [posing] some 'hard' questions concerning the contemporary study of Islamic philosophy." Rustom's in-depth knowledge of the method and spirit of traditional Islamic education and Islamic metaphysics helps us navigate the complexities inherent …
Islam in English
The Quranic revelation had a tremendous impact upon the societies, art, and thought of the various peoples with whom it came into contact. But perhaps nowhere is this influence as evident as in the domain of language, the very medium of the revelation. First, the Arabic language itself was radically and irrevocably altered by the manifestation of the Quran.3 Then, as the language of the divine revelation, Quranic Arabic exerted a wide-ranging inf…
Polished Mirror
The Polished Mirror: Storytelling and the Pursuit of Virtue in Islamic Philosophy and Sufism. By Cyrus Ali Zargar. London: Oneworld, 2017. Pp. 341. $30, £20 (paper
Some Pointers and Reminders in Islamic Studies
Book Review
Sayyid Ḥaydar Āmulī’s Seal of Absolute walāya
In Ibn ʿArabī's (d. 638/1240) highly developed theory of walāya (‘sainthood’ or ‘friendship with God’), Jesus is conceived of as the ‘Seal of Absolute walāya’ whereas Ibn ʿArabī is the ‘Seal of Restricted walāya’. After explaining how Ibn ʿArabī understands these two designations, we shall move on to Sayyid Ḥaydar Āmulī's (d. ca. 787/1385) critique of Ibn ʿArabī's hagiology. Although Āmulī was one of Ibn ʿArabī's most prominent Shīʿī admirers, he…
Devil’s Advocate
The writings of ʿAyn al-Quḍāt Hamadānī (d. 525/1131) anticipate some of the major trends that characterize the post-Avicennan ḥikmat tradition. But modern scholarship has as of yet not completely come to grips with the far-reaching implications of ʿAyn al-Quḍāt’s teachings, many of which are framed in terms of the symbolic language and imagery of the Persian Sufi school of passionate love ( madhhab-i ʿishq ) and the defence of the devil’s monothe…
Introduction
This special issue of the Journal of Sufi Studies attempts to make the case that the act of translation is best seen as a recurrent activity necessitated by the various changes that inform the interpretation of Sufi texts on the one hand, and the languages and cultures that receive them on the other. The nine Sufi texts featured in this collection illustrate the diversity of genres and variety of languages in which they have been written, thereby…
Some Pointers and Reminders in Islamic Studies
Below are pointers and reminders (in no particular order) on how to go about navigating one’s way through the various stages of academic life in Islamic Studies. This document is intended for those who are training to be in, or are already in, the profession. Although in my own words, many of the items listed below are rephrased from counsel given by teachers and friends over the years
Notes on the Semantic Range of “Deliverance” in the Quran
This article argues against the indiscriminate reading of Christian discursive categories into the Quran, taking the term “salvation” as its case in point. Rather than “salvation,” the word “deliverance” more adequately accounts for the complexity inherent in four closely related Arabic root structures employed throughout the Quran
Self-Awareness in Islamic Philosophy
Self-Awareness in Islamic Philosophy: Avicenna and Beyond. By Jari Kaukua. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Pp. x + 257. $95
The Essence of Reality
A groundbreaking exposition of Islamic mysticism The Essence of Reality was written over the course of just three days in 514/1120, by a scholar who was just twenty-four. The text, like its author ʿAyn al-Quḍāt, is remarkable for many reasons, not least of which that it is in all likelihood the earliest philosophical exposition of mysticism in the Islamic intellectual tradition. This important work would go on to exert significant influence on bo…
Inrushes of the Heart
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