Professor of Philosophy and Mysticism, Author, Lecturer
مُحَمَّد فَنَائِي إشْكِورِي عَالِمٌ مُتَخَرِّجٌ مِنَ الحَوْزَةِ العِلْمِيَّةِ وَالجَامِعَةِ. دَخَلَ الحَوْزَةَ العِلْمِيَّةَ سَنَةَ ١٣٥٥ هـ.ش (۱۹۷۶ م) وَدَرَسَ حَتَّى سَنَةِ ١٣٧٠ هـ.ش (۱۹۹۱ م) مُقَرَّرَاتِ المَرْحَلَتَيْنِ المُتَوَسِّطَةِ وَالعَالِيَةِ فِي الفِقْهِ وَأُصُولِهِ، إِلَى جَانِبِ النُّصُوصِ التَّقْلِيدِيَّةِ لِلْفَلْسَفَةِ وَالعِرْفَانِ الإِسْلَامِيِّ عَلَى يَدِ أَسَاتِذَةِ الحَوْزَةِ. في سَنَةِ ١٣٧١ هـ.ش (۱۹۹۲ م)، انْضَمَّ إِلَى جَامِعَةِ مَكْغِيلَ الكَنَدِيَّةِ، وَحَصَلَ […]
Epistemology of Religious Knowledge (معرفت شناسی دینی), Tehran, Barg Publishing, 1995. This book is written as a critique of Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush’s theory of the “Theoretical Contraction and Expansion of Sharia.” The preface of the book states: “The present treatise is a summarized transcription of discussions delivered over several sessions to a group of […]
Knowledge by Presence (علم حضوری), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 1996. The book’s subtitle is “The Cornerstone of Human Knowledge and a Foundation for Epistemology and Transcendent Metaphysics.” This book analyzes ʿilm ḥuḍūrī (immediate and non-conceptual knowledge) as the foundation of all human cognition. This type of knowledge is a priori and […]
Secondary Intelligibles (معقول ثانی), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 1996. Subtitled “An Analysis of Universal Concepts in Islamic and Western Philosophy,” the book explores the concept of maʿqūlāt, particularly secondary intelligibles (maʿqūl-e thānī) in Islamic philosophy, and compares them with similar notions in Western thought. The author examines secondary intelligibles—abstract mental concepts […]
Islamic Knowledge and the Islamic University (دانش اسلامی و دانشگاه اسلامی), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 1998. This book, published in octavo format and consisting of 160 pages, comprises five essays centered around the themes of the Islamicization of knowledge, the relationship between religion and reason, and the philosophy of science. Under […]
The Status of Women in Islamic Thought (منزلت زن در اندیشه اسلامی), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 1999 This book discusses the status and dignity of women in Islam and addresses several common questions on the subject. “Reason and justice” (عقل و عدل)are introduced as two essential criteria for understanding the position […]
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 […]