In this episode we talk about a scholar who represents the very opposite tendency compared to many other figures we have discussed on this channel. Ibn Taymiyya is a controversial thinker, but one that has had a major impact on the contemporary Islamic world.

Sources/Suggested Reading:

• Abrahamov, Binyamin (1998). "Islamic Theology: Traditionalism and Rationalism. Edinburgh University Press.
• El-Rouayheb, Khaled & Sabine Schmidtke (2019). "The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Theology". Oxford University Press.
• Hoover, Jon (2019). "Ibn Taymiyya". In the Makers of the Muslim World Series. OneWorld.
• Moustafa, Mohamed A. (2017). "Upholding God's Essence: Ibn Taymiyya on the Createdness of the Spirit". Journal for the History of Islamic Philosophy and Sciences. 3(2): 1-43.
• Skeikh, Mustafa (2007). "Ibn Taymiyya, Analogy and the Attributes of God". Faculty of Theology, University of Oxford.

#IbnTaymiyya #Islam #Salafism

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In this episode, we keep exploring the world of Sufism through one of the oldest and most important orders in history - the Shadhiliyya.

Sources/Suggested Reading:

• Abu-n Nasr, Jamil M. (2007). "Muslim Communities of Grace: The Sufi Brotherhoods in Islamic Religious Life". C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd.
• Cornell, Vincent J. (1998). "Realm of the Saint: Power and Authority in Moroccan Sufism". University of Texas Press.
• Cornell, Vincent J. (Tranlated by) (1996). "The Way of Abu Madyan: The Works of Abu Madyan Shu'ayb". The Islamic Text Society.
• Lings, Martin (1993). "A Sufi Saint of the Twentieth Century: Shaikh Ahmad Al-'Alawi, his spiritual heritage and legacy". The Islamic Texts Society.
• Michon, Jean-Louis (ed.) (2010). "Ibn Ajiba: Two Treatises on the Oneness of Existence". Translated by David Streight. Archetype; Bilingual edition.

#Sufism #Islam #Mysticism

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It's finally time to talk about Suhrawardi, one of the most fascinating philosophers of the middle ages.

Sources/Suggested Reading:

• Suhrawardi (1187). "The Philosophy of Illumination". Translated by John Walbridge & Hossein Ziai. Islamic Translation Series. University of Chicago Press.
• Walbridge, John (2005). "Suhrawardi & Illuminationism". In "The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy" (ed. Peter Adamson & Richard C. Taylor). Cambridge University Press.

#Suhrawardi #Philosophy #Islam

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In this episode we discuss the famous medieval "heretics" known as the Cathars, and the Albigensian crusade which tried to wipe them out.

Sources/Suggested Reading:

• Barber, Malcolm, The Cathars: Dualist heretics in Languedoc in the High Middle Ages, Second edition (Harlow, United Kingdom: Pearson, 2013).
• Sennis, Antonio (ed.), Cathars in Question (York: York Medieval Press, 2016).
• Moore, R. I., The War on Heresy (Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012).

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This episode explores the life and teachings of the Mughal prince and Sufi teacher Dara Shikoh.

Sources/Suggested Reading:

• Gandhi, Supriya (2020). "The Emperor who never was: Dara Shukoh in Mughal India". Belknap Press.
• Eaton, Richard M. (2020). "India in the Persianate Age: 1000-1765". Penguin.
• Moovsi, Shireen (2002). "The Mughal Encounter with Vedanta: Recovering the biography of 'Jadrup'". Social scientist, Vol. 30, Nos. 7-8.
• Nair, Shankar (2020). "Translating Wisdom: Hindu-Muslim Intellectual Interactions in Early Modern South Asia". University of California Press.
• Kugle, Scott (ed.) (2012). "Sufi Meditation and Contemplation: Timeless Wisdom from Mughal India". Omega Publications. (Includes a translation of the "Risala-i Haqqnuma"/Compass of Truth.

#Islam #Hinduism #Mughal54

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In this episode we explore the religious ideas and explorations of the Mughal empire's most famous emperor.

Sources/Suggested Reading:

• Eaton, Richard M. (2020). "India in the Persianate Age: 1000-1765". Penguin.
• Wink, André (2012). "Akbar". In the "Makers of the Muslim World" Series. Oneworld Academic.
• Moosvi, Shireen (2002). "The Mughal Encounter With Vedanta: Recovering the biography of 'Jadrup'.
• Nair, Shankar (2020). "Translating Wisdom: Hindu-Muslim Intellectual Interactions in Early Modern South Asia". University of California Press.

#Akbar #India #Mughal

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In this episode, we explore the history and development of the Arabic language, as well as its connection to religion.

Check out this excellent lecture by Ahmad al-Jallad on the subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHRbuu8c8nw&t=2836s

Sources/Suggested Reading:

• Al-Jallad, Ahmad (2019). "Safaitic". Article.
• Al-Jallad, Ahmad (?). "The Earliest Stages of Arabic and its Linguitic Classification". Article.
• Al-Jallad, Ahmad (2019). "The Linguistic Landscape of Pre-Islamic Arabia: Context for the Qur'an". Article, first proof.
• Macdonald, Michael C.A. (2004). "Ancient North Arabian". In "the Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages". Cambridge University Press.
• Macdonald, Michael C.A. (2010). "The Development of Arabic as a Written Language". Seminar for Arabian Studies, v. 40. Archaeopress, Oxford.
• Macdonald, Michael C.A. (2003). "Languages, Scripts, and the uses of Language among the Nabataeans". In "Petra Rediscovered" (Edited by Elaine M. Stainton). Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers.

#Arabic #Arabia #Language

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In this episode, we talk about the mystical tradition called "Hesychasm" in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Sources/Suggested Reading:

• Lossky, Vladimir (1944). "The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church". James Clarke & Co.
• Ware, Timothy (2015). "The Orthodox Church: An introduction to Eastern Christianity". New Edition. Penguin Books.
• "Gregory Palamas: The Triads". Translated by Nicholas Gendle. In the "Classics of Western Spirituality Series". 1982.

#Hesychasm #Mysticism #Christianity

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In this episode we talk about the fascinating writer & possibly beguine Marguerite Porete (d. 1310).

Sources/Suggested Reading:

• "The Mirror of Simple Souls (From the 15th century translation of the French manuscript)". Edited by C. Kirchberger. First printed in 1927. Soul Care Publishing, Vancover, Canada.
• (This is the primary source I used for the quotes in the video, it is a very old translation so I edited the quotes myself to make more sense in modern english).

For a more modern translation I suggest:

• "Marguerite Porete: The Mirror of Simple Souls". In the "Classics of Western Spirituality Series. Paulist Press.
• McGinn, Bernard (2001). "The Mystical Thought of Meister Eckhart". The Crossroad Publishing Company.
• Tobin, Frank (Tranlsated & edited by) (1989). "Henry Suso: The Exemplar, with two German Sermons". In the "Classics of Western Spirituality Series". Paulist Press.

#Mysticism #Christianity #Religion

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In this episode we discuss the Tayyibi Isma'ilis, including the Dawwodi Bohras, Alavi Bohras & Sulaymanis and their history.

Don't forget to check out Hikma History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsaViv1SDQy2FcRFHrf_Dkw

Sources/Suggested Reading:

• Daftary, Farhad (2007). "The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines". Cambridge University.
• Daftary, Farhad & Shainool Jiwa (ed.) (2017). "The Fatimid Caliphate: Diversity of Traditions". I.B. Tauris.

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