Luqmān the Sage in Ibn ʿArabī’s Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam: An Analytical Reading of the Virtue of Iḥsānic Wisdom
Dr Seyed Salman Safavi, Sayyed Sadr al-Din Safavi London Academy of Iranian Studies – LAIS Abstract This study explores the Sufi interpretation of Luqmān the Sage, as presented by Muḥyī al-Dīn Ibn ʿArabī in his seminal work Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam. Ibn ʿArabī considers Luqmān not merely a historical or Qurʾānic figure, [...]
A General Semiotic Analysis of Surah al-Nisāʾ
Dr Seyed Salman Safavi London Academy of Iranian Studies – LAIS Introduction To interpret and analyse Surah al-Nisāʾ through the lens of semiotics and Umberto Eco’s (1933–2016) semantic structuralism, key concepts from Eco’s work must be utilised: the function of the sign, encoding and decoding, narrative strategies, intertextuality, isotopy, and [...]
Yūsuf in Ibn ʿArabī’s Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam
By Dr Seyed Salman Safavi and Sayyed Sadr al-Din Safavi Abstract This article examines the character of Prophet Yūsuf (peace be upon him) from the perspective of Muḥyī al-Dīn Ibn ʿArabī in his work Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam (The Bezels of Wisdom), specifically the chapter titled Faṣṣ ḥikma nūriyya fī kalima Yūsufiyya [...]
Analysis of Divine Unity (Tawḥīd) in Āyat al-Kursī
By Dr Seyed Salman Safavi and Sayyed Sad al-Din Safavi London Academy of Iranian Studies – LAIS Abstract: This article examines the theme of Tawḥīd (Divine Unity) in verse 255 of chapter 2 of the Holy Quran, Āyat al-Kursī. Through content analysis of the Divine Names and attributes in this [...]
Call for Papers: “Comparative Studies on Philosophy and Sufism” – 2025
Transcendent Philosophy: An International Journal For Comparative Philosophy And Mysticism 📅 Submission Deadline: 30 August 2025 The Transcendent Philosophy: An International Journal For Comparative Philosophy And Mysticism, published by the London Academy of Iranian Studies (LAIS), invites scholars to submit original research for an upcoming special issue on Comparative Studies [...]
Book Review: The Practice of Sufism and the Safavid Order
Book review of The Practice of Sufism and the Safavid Order, written by Dr Seyed Salman Safavi and published by LAIS Press in 2018. The book is comprised of two chapters, Practice Sufism and The Safavid order.
Transcendent Philosophy Journal Volume 25 – Number 36 – December 2024
Transcendent Philosophy Journal is an academic peer-reviewed journal published by the London Academy of Iranian Studies (LAIS) and aims to create a dialogue between Eastern, Western and Islamic Philosophy and Mysticism is published in December. Articles The Quiddity of Iranian Philosophy Seyed Salman Safavi London Academy of Iranian Studies [7-32] Christian [...]
Spiritual Life is Writing Off the Self: Philosophy and Mysticism as Practices of Learning to Die to Live
Muhammad Maroof Shah Kashmir Abstract What is life divine or spiritual life about? It is a life in which one is free, no longer slave to the dictates of desiring self or attachment to passing things. How do philosophy, religion, mysticism ad poetry contributes to this task of living [...]
Sheikh Safi al-Din Ardabili from the perspective of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei
Seyed Salman Safavi London Academy of Iranian Studies Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of I.R. Iran, gave a speech on 3 Mordad, 1379 (24 July 2000) in Ardabil about the great personality and importance of Sheikh Safi al-Din Ardabili (1252/3 – 1334). Sheikh Safi al-Din Ardabili is the founder [...]
Call for Papers: “Comparative Studies on Philosophy and Sufism, 2024” Transcendent Philosophy Journal
Call for Papers: “Comparative Studies on Philosophy and Sufism, 2024” “Transcendent Philosophy Journal”, London Academy of Iranian Studies. 30 July 2024 Topics: Farabi, Avicenna, Suhrawardy, Mulla Sadra, Sheikh Safi al-Din Ardabili, Shāh Ni’matullāh Wali, Sheikh Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili, Meister Eckhart, René Guénon, Frithjof Schuon, Titus Burckhardt, Rudolf Otto, Carl [...]
Transcendent Philosophy Journal Volume 24 – Number 35 – December 2023
Transcendent Philosophy Journal is an academic peer-reviewed journal published by the London Academy of Iranian Studies (LAIS) and aims to create a dialogue between Eastern, Western and Islamic Philosophy and Mysticism is published in December. Articles Manifesto of Life (Philosophical Interpretation of Surah al-Asr of the Quran) Seyed Salman Safavi and Seyed Sadreddin [...]
Call for Papers: Comparative Studies on Philosophy and Sufism 2023
London Academy of Iranian Studies 1 April 2023 Topics: Farabi, Avicenna, Suhrawardy, Mulla Sadra, Sheikh Safi al-Din Ardabili, Shāh Ni’matullāh Wali, Sheikh Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili, René Guénon, Frithjof Schuon, Titus Burckhardt, Rudolf Otto, Carl Gustav Jung, Ernst Cassirer, Louis Massignon, Mircea Eliade, Persian Literature, Upanishads, Meister Eckhart, Philosophy of [...]
Transcendent Philosophy Journal Volume 23 – Number 34 – December 2022
Transcendent Philosophy Journal is an academic peer-reviewed journal published by the London Academy of Iranian Studies (LAIS) and aims to create a dialogue between Eastern, Western and Islamic Philosophy and Mysticism is published in December. Transcendent Philosophy Journal Volume 23 – Number 34 – December 2022 Articles The Perfect Human From the Point [...]
The Place of Prophecy in Mulla Sadra’s Philosophy of Perception
By Joseph Lumbard, Yale University, USA Transcendent Philosophy Journal, Volume:1, Issue: 2, year 2000, Page Numbers: 23–32, London, UK. Perception According to Mulla Sadra, edited by Seyed G Safavi, Salman Azadeh Publication, 2002, Page Numbers: 127-148
Letter of Condolence – His Majesty King Charles III
Your Majesty King Charles III I express my deep condolences to your majesty, the Royal Family, and the British nation for the loss of your mother, her majesty queen Elizabeth II. I hope that in the era of your majesty’s reign, constructive cultural relations between Great Britain and the Islamic [...]