Author: اشکوری
Mohammad Fanaei Eshkevari has pursued both traditional seminary and academic education, integrating classical Islamic learning with modern philosophical studies. He entered the Islamic seminary of Qom in 1976, where he studied jurisprudence (fiqh), principles of jurisprudence (usul), and traditional texts in Islamic philosophy and mysticism under the guidance of prominent scholars, continuing this course of study until 1991.
In 1992, he began his academic studies at McGill University in Canada, earning a Master’s degree in Comparative Philosophy from the Institute of Islamic Studies. He later completed a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Religion at McGill’s Faculty of Religious Studies in 2001. His doctoral dissertation focused on The Epistemology of Mystical Experience.
He currently serves as a full professor and head of the Philosophy Department at the Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute. His academic work focuses on Comparative Philosophy and Islamic Mysticism. He has authored twenty-three books and published over seventy articles in the fields of philosophy, mysticism, and religion, in both Iranian and international journals.
List of Published Books by Dr. Mohammad Fanaei Eshkevari (all in Persian except one):
1. A Sip from the Goblet of Islamic Mysticism, (جرعه ای از جام عرفان), Tehran, Institute for Research in Philosophy and Wisdom, 2024.
2. Wisdom and the Tale of Chivalry: An essay on Futuwah in Iranian Culture and Islamic Mysticism (حکمت و حکایت جوانمردی: نگاهی به آیین فتوت در فرهنگ ایرانی و عرفان اسلامی), Tehran, International Publishing, 2023.
3. Mystical Instruction, Qom, Urwatul Wuthqa, 2023 (English).
4. Horizons of Islamic Mysticism (آفاق عرفان اسلامی), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 2022.
5. Comparative Mysticism (عرفان تطبیقی), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 2022.
6. Philosophical Thinking (تفکر فلسفی), Qom, The High Assosiation of Islamic Wisdom, 2021.
7. Shining Light of Wisdom: A glance at Ayatollah Mesbah’s Heritage on Widmoe and Knowledge (چراغ فروزان حکمت), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 2021.
8. Islamic Gnosis in Shia Scholars’ Works (عرفان اسلامی د رمتون عالمان شیعی), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute , 2017.
9. The Tale of My Life’s Journey, An autobiography (شرح این هجران: حکایت یک زندگی), Qom, Teachings of Revelation and Reason, 2016.
10. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mysticism (), Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute(درآمدی بر فلسفه عرفان), Qom, 2014
11. 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.
12. Some Features of Shi’I Irfan (Mysticism) (شاخصه های عرفان ناب شیعی), Qom, Bustan-e Ketab, 2012.
13. An Introduction to the History of Western Philosophy (درآمدی بر تاریخ فلسفه غرب), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 2012.
14. An Introduction to the History of Islamic Philosophy (درآمدی بر تاریخ فلسفۀ اسلامی),in collaboration with other scholars, Tehran, SAMT, 2011.
15. An Introduction to Contemporary Islamic Philosophy (مقدمه ای بر فلسفه اسلامی معاصر), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 2010.
16. Supplications of the Mystics: Shi’I Wisdom and Gnosis in a Commentary on Du’a Kumayl (نیایش عارفان), Qom, Shi’a Shenasi, 2007.
17. Crisis of Knowledge: A Critique of Modernist Rationality and Spirituality (بحران معرفت), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 2005.
18. The Status of Women in Islamic Thought (منزلت زن در اندیشه اسلامی), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 1999.
19. Commitment to Truth (تعهد به حقیقت), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 1999.
20. Islamic Knowledge and the Islamic University (دانش اسلامی و دانشگاه اسلامی), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 1998.
21. Knowledge by Presence (علم حضوری), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 1996.
22. Secondary Intelligibles (معقول ثانی), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 1996.
23. Epistemology of Religious Knowledge (معرفت شناسی دینی), Tehran, Barg Publishing, 1995.
الفلسفة الإسلاميّة في إيران المعاصرة
قم بتنزيل كتيب مقدمة في الفلسفة الإسلامية المعاصرة لإيران/ بقلم د.محمد فنائي اشکوری الفلسفة الإسلاميّة في إيران المعاصرة
Dimensions of self-knowledge and its role in perfecting human soul
Abstract Psychology or self-knowledge matters in all cultures and [that is why] religion, philosophy, ethics and mysticism lay stress on self-knowledge. Socrates’ well-known message was “know yourself”. In Socratic philosophy, self-knowledge is the foundation of ethics and virtues. Philosophy basically aims at perfecting human soul and so does religion. It is not possible to attain […]
ذکريات رائعة من زیارت الاربعین
الدکتور محمد فنائی اشکوری تعریب: س. ر. منصوری جاء الأربعین و حل الحزن في القلب فجع العالم لمصاب زینب أنین أهل السماء یطرق اسماع البشر تأوه من تفجع صاحب الأمر للأربعين مکانة مرموقة في الثقافة الشيعية. علی ما نقل إن جابر بن عبد الله الانصاري الصحابي المعروف، بعد مضي أربعين يوماً من إستشهاد أبي عبد […]
The Role of Intellect and Rationality in Islam (Part1-3) Video
Stages of Journey in Islamic Mysticis
Mohammad Fanaei Eshkevari Abstract Mystical journey (al-sulook al-‘irfani) deals with stages and stations of human soul’s perfection in ascending toward God the Almighty. In practical mysticism (al-‘irfan al-‘amali), different classifications are offered to explain the stages and elements of this journey. Some of these classifications show the order that mystics must followed in their practice. […]
An interview by Fanaei Eshkevari on the occasion of Muharram
Mulla Sadra’s Theory of Substantial Motion
Philosophers talk of two kinds of change: instantaneous and gradual change. Instantaneous change is one which takes place in an ‘instant’ or in no time. In such a kind of change, we witness the extinction of something and the coming into existence of another….
Spiritual Tradition
A new book from Mohammad Fanaei Eshkevari has been recently published, titled Spiritual Tradition, An introduction to Islamic Mysticism and its history. This book has been published by MIU Press, located at 133, High Road, Willesden, London NW10 25W. Considering current tendencies towards various mystical schools in the world on the one part, limitedness of […]
The Impact of Islam on European Civilization
The impact of Islamic civilization on the European civilization is undeniable. Muslims’ philosophical, theological and scientific thoughts that were introduced to the Medieval West had a remarkable impact on different aspects of European life. Ibn Sina, Ibn Rushd and Ghazali’s works left a tremendous influence on Western Medieval philosophy and theology. Mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy […]