Dr. Mohammad Ali Rabbani[1] Abstract : The role of the factor of Sufism and mysticism in the Islamicization process in southeast Asia is very important, and solid evidence of non-denial also implies this role. Islam entered South-Eastern Asia at a time when Hinduism and Buddhism dominated widespread parts of the region, and […]
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Saeid Khanabadi Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran Key words: Masnavi, Rumi, Safavi, Persian literature, Sufism. Since Masnavi was written in the thirteenth century, this masterpiece of the Persian literature has been the subject of thousands of criticisms and analyses in various fields and from various perspectives. Literary critics and masters of philosophy and wisdom, in […]
Seyed G Safavi London Academy of Iranian Studies (LAIS) Abstract This paper discusses the life and philosophy of Mulla Sadra, one of the most important Muslim Iranian philosophers and founder of new school of Islamic philosophy, entitled Transcendent philosophy, in 5 sections: his life, what is the “Transcendent philosophy”, the 14 principles of Mulla […]
Dr Seyed G Safavi* University of London, UK London Academy of Iranian Studies (LAIS) Abstract The nature of God, or the demiurge-creator and designer of the cosmos, is a venerable subject in philosophy and natural theology. Most medieval and religious discourse about God and the ontological and cosmological proofs for His existence in the Abrahamic […]
Dr Seyyed Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran Abstract Earth was bestowed upon mankind in a pure and pristine condition and sworn not to abuse and destroy this God given gift. Nonetheless, today we observe a savage abuse of its natural resources, total destruction of spaces of certain inhabitants in different […]