Professor of Philosophy and Mysticism, Author, Lecturer
Commitment to Truth (تعهد به حقیقت), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 1999. This book discusses certain topics in the philosophy of religion. The central theory presented is that before committing to anything else, we are committed to the truth. Therefore, before becoming attached to anything, we must be attached to the truth. […]
Crisis of Knowledge: A Critique of Modernist Rationality and Spirituality (بحران معرفت), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 2005 The Epistemic Crisis is a critical examination of the views of Mostafa Malekian. In his speeches and essays compiled in the book A Path to Liberation, he presents his perspectives on many issues currently […]
Supplications of the Mystics: Shi’I Wisdom and Gnosis in a Commentary on Du’a Kumayl (نیایش عارفان), Qom, Shi’a Shenasi, 2007. Supplications of the Mystics is a commentary on Du‘a Kumayl. This book elaborates on Shi‘a spirituality as expressed in the heartfelt supplication of the Master of the Mystics, Amir al-Mu’minin Ali ibn Abi Talib […]
An Introduction to Contemporary Islamic Philosophy (مقدمه ای بر فلسفه اسلامی معاصر), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 2010. As the title suggests, this book explores the status of contemporary Islamic philosophy and the views of Islamic philosophers in modern-day Iran. It is the first work to examine the philosophical thought of twelve […]
An Introduction to the History of Islamic Philosophy (درآمدی بر تاریخ فلسفۀ اسلامی), in collaboration with other scholars, Tehran, SAMT, 2011. An Introduction to the History of Islamic Philosophy is a concise, multi-volume work authored by several contributors. The project’s conception, scholarly supervision, scientific editing, and authorship of three of its chapters were undertaken […]
An Introduction to the History of Western Philosophy (درآمدی بر تاریخ فلسفه غرب), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 2012. This book offers an analytical and critical history of Western philosophy. The first volume, published in 2012, is dedicated to Greek and Roman philosophy. Many existing Persian books on the history of Western […]
Some Features of Shi’I Irfan (Mysticism) (شاخصه های عرفان ناب شیعی), Qom, Bustan-e Ketab, 2012 This work is based on a series of lectures delivered at the High Council of Islamic Philosophy (Majma‘-e ‘Ali-ye Hikmat-e Islami) in Qom, and was later edited and published by Bustan-e-Ketab in 2012. The book outlines the key features […]
Islamic Philosophy and Mysticism in Confrontation with Contemporary Challenges (فلسفه و عرفان اسلامی در رویاروئی با چالشهای معاصر), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 2012. This book comprises two lectures and Q&A sessions on Islamic philosophy and mysticism. These discussions were presented during winter 2011 at the Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute. […]
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mysticism (درآمدی بر فلسفه عرفان), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 2014. This book is a critical study of the well-known work Mysticism and Philosophy by the English philosopher Walter Terence Stace. At the beginning of each chapter, a summary of Stace’s views is presented; this is […]
The Tale of My Life’s Journey, An autobiography (شرح این هجران: حکایت یک زندگی), Qom, Teachings of Revelation and Reason, 2016. This book is the author’s autobiography. It consists of three parts: a brief yet relatively comprehensive introduction to various aspects of the Eshkevar region (the author’s birthplace), his personal life stories, and a […]