Professor of Philosophy and Mysticism, Author, Lecturer
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 […]
Comparative Mysticism (عرفان تطبیقی), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 2022. The preface of this book states: Familiarity with other mystical traditions and conducting comparative studies is not only inherently valuable and beneficial but also deepens one’s understanding of the specific mystical tradition to which one belongs. Moreover, comparative study can create a […]
Horizons of Islamic Mysticism (آفاق عرفان اسلامی), Qom, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, 2022. This book, structured into fifteen chapters across three sections—Philosophy of Mysticism, Theoretical Mysticism, and Practical Mysticism—offers a fresh approach to various dimensions of Islamic mysticism. Each section comprises five chapters. The work serves not only as a scholarly study […]
A Sip from the Goblet of Islamic Mysticism, (جرعه ای از جام عرفان), Tehran, Institute for Research in Philosophy and Wisdom, 2024. A Sip from the Goblet of Islamic Mysticism, presents a concise overview of the fundamental contours of Islamic mysticism. It explores various dimensions of Islamic mysticism, including the philosophy of mysticism, theoretical […]
There is a close connection between mysticism and religion. However, the nature of their relation is debatable. Is mysticism a religious phenomenon? What is the relation between them? Can mysticism be found outside of religion? Is mysticism compatible with any worldview? The answer to these questions depends on our definition of mysticism. In my view, […]
Is it possible for us to know God immediately or directly? Our ordinary knowledge of God is knowledge by representation/correspondence (al ‘ilm al husuli). We have a concept of God; we don’t feel the real God. We know God through some concepts. These concepts provide us with abstract knowledge, mental knowledge. This is not immediate […]