Feb 2026

Stefan Sperl: "Different Aesthetics" – A New Approach to Sufi Texts?

"Different Aesthetics" – A New Approach to Sufi Texts? The topic of the MIAS-Warburg Symposium was inspired by an interdisciplinary research project on Premodern Aesthetics spearheaded by the University of Tuebingen. It approaches aesthetic acts and artifacts not as objects suffi ... Show More

51m 33s

Jan 2026

Gregory Vandamme: The Body of the Caliph

The Body of the Caliph: Corporeal Governance of the Human Kingdom in Ibn 'Arabi's al-Tadbirat al-ilahiyya and its Commentaries In his Book of the Divine Governances for the Restoration of the Human Kingdom (K. al-Tadbirat al-ilahiyya fi islah al-mamlaka al-insaniyya), Ibn 'Arabi ... Show More

56m 42s

Jan 2026

Divine Necessity Of The Comprehensive Being: Unlocking Ibn al-'Arabi's Fusus al-Hikam through the Adamic Fass

This paper explores the pivotal role of the Adamic fass in unlocking the profound metaphysical framework of Ibn al-'Arabi's Fusus al-Hikam. Centering on the concept of the comprehensive Being (al-kawn al-jami'), a term mentioned in the opening paragraph of the Fusus, the Adamic f ... Show More

56m 2s

Mar 2021

#055: Wisdom Crystallized: What is Sufi Metaphysics? w/ Mohammed Rustom

We speak about the course Wisdom Crystallized: Sufi Metaphysics in 21 Verses. https://www.rumicenter.love/wisdom https://www.mohammedrustom.com Mohammed Rustom is Associate Professor of Islamic Philosophy and Islamic Studies in the College of the Humanities at Carleton University ... Show More

1h 8m

Apr 2016

#008: Studying The Study Quran w/Dr. Joseph Lumbard

Joseph E. B. Lumbard (General Editor of The Study Quran) is Assistant Professor in the Department of Arabic and Translation Studies at the American University of Sharjah and an Associate Editor for the Integrated Encyclopedia of the Qurʾān (in progress). A specialist in Quranic s ... Show More

1h 10m

Mar 2021

EP 225: Wednesday Night Roundtable feat Shaykh Abdullah Bin Hamid Ali

Abdullah bin Hamid Ali is a faculty member at Zaytuna College who teaches courses in Islamic law and prophetic tradition. He also specializes in Islamic law with a particular emphasis on commercial law, family law, and inheritance law. He has translated written works of Ibn Rajab ... Show More

1h 37m

Jul 2024

Translating the Qur’an for Today with Professor Abdel Haleem

The Quran is the majestic word of Allah (swt), it gives Muslims life. In the Quran, Allah speaks to all human beings and those that read the Quran revere the majesty of its style and prose. Professor Muhammad A. S. Abdel Haleem is the Professor of Islamic Studies and director of ... Show More

1 h

May 2021

Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi, "The Translator of Desires: Poems" (Princeton UP, 2021)

In this ground-breaking work, Michael Sells (the Barrows Professor Emeritus of the History and Literature of Islam and Professor emeritus of comparative literature at the University of Chicago) translates sixty-one poems that form the Tarjuman al-ashwaq or The Translator of Desir ... Show More

1h 4m

Dec 2022

Mulla Sadra & Islamic Existentialism

This has been one of the most requested subjects, it is finally time to talk about Mulla Sadra. Sources/Recommended Reading:<ul><li>Adamson, Peter (ed.) (2005). “The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy”. Cambridge University Press.</li><li>Chi ... Show More

37m 26s

May 2023

Am I worthy of Allah's Love & Mercy | Shaykh Muhammad Al-Ninowy | Ep. 29

An insightful podcast with Shaykh Muhammad Al-Ninowy on the dense topic of mercy in Islam. Shaykh Ninowy is an American scholar and author based in Atlanta, Georgia, having written multiple books, most notably ‘the Book of Love’ and his commentary on ‘The 40 Hadith of ... Show More

53m 29s

Apr 2025

121: The Scholar Behind The #1 Quran Translation in History w Dr. Mustafa Khattab

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, a Fulbright scholar and translator of the world renowned Clear Quran. Dr. Mustafa Khattab shares his journey of translating the Clear Quran, his profound personal dreams involving the Prophet Muhammad PBUH… and Sheikh Omar Suleiman? Hear about the nuances and ... Show More

52m 40s

Jun 2018

Episode 9: Dr Joseph Lumbard

Dr Joseph E B Lumbard is an Associate Professor in the Arabic Studies Department of the American University of Sharjah and a former adviser on interfaith affairs to the Jordanian Royal Court. Among his recent publications is the unparalleled and comprehensive work, The Study Qura ... Show More

25m 57s

Oct 2024

03. Quranic Language, Style & Inimitability | Inside the Quranic Studies Library

Study Surah Ya-Sin through an exciting new translation with Dr. Sohaib Saeed by registering at https://www.ibnashur.com/yasinIn the third instalment of this series, Ustadh Nouman and Dr. Sohaib discuss a range of works related to the vocabulary and grammar of the Quran, including ... Show More

28m 35s

Ibn al-ʿArabī on Translation