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Abstract: Logical foundations of Islamic Economics
What follows is from a draft abstract by Professors Idris Samawi Hamid and Abbas Mirakhor. See also this link: Academia.edu: Drafts: Abstract: Logical foundations of Islamic Economics This abstract, and the paper to follow – inshāAllāh – draw upon a current book project: Idris Samawi Hamid and Abbas Mirakhor (forthcoming), The Logical Foundations of Islamic Economics: Objective Logic and Phenomenology of Consciousness and Action, Macmillan, 2018. (Professor Abbas Mirakhor, one of the world’s foremost authorities in Islamic...
read more“On the Road of My Love there is no final goal and no end”
The truth of the adorer (waliyy) of Allah always lies ahead: : This fact applies to the future life, the immediate dunyā, as well as the journey of the wayfarer to the True. Allah SWT says in a ḥadith qudsī: كُلَّمَا وَضَعْتُ لَهُمْ عِلْمًا رَفَعْتُ لَهُمْ حِلْماً وَ لَيْسَ لِمَحَبَّتِي غَايَةٌ وَ لَا نِهَايَةٌ Every time I place them [My adorers (awliyāʾ)] in a higher station of knowledge, I raise them in forbearance. For [on the road] of My...
read moreTowards an Islamic Phenomenology of Consciousness and Action: Part I
Below are some excerpt, draft paragraphs penned as part of an ongoing project to articulate an Islamic phenomenology of consciousness and action. See also the complementary series of draft philosophical notes: http://www.walayah.org/blog/philosophical-notes-on-an-islamic-phenomenology-of-consciousness-part-i http://www.walayah.org/blog/philosophical-notes-on-an-islamic-phenomenology-of-consciousness-part-ii The intention is to post more excerpts at least once a week over the coming months – inshāʾa Ãllãh. In WALAYAH SAMAWI Towards an...
read moreBook Review: The Economic System of the Early Islamic Period, by Seyed Kazem Sadr
Bismi Rabbi Shahri ʿĀshūrā (Ṣ) What follows is a draft book review by Professor Abbas Mirakhor, current holder of the INCEIF Chair in Islamic Finance, of Seyed Sadr’s latest book; it is presented here with his encouragement and blessing. As needed, we will update this post with edits of this draft, as well as with further information about the book under review and its author. In shāʾa Ãllāh. Professor Abbas Mirakhor, one of the world’s foremost authorities in Islamic Economics and Finance, is currently serving as the...
read morePhilosophical Notes on an Islamic Phenomenology of Consciousness: Part II
UPDATE: September 10, 2016: Added a new paragraph: § 8.48.4 Below are paragraphs three through five of eight penned during the course of writing what is provisionally Chapter 8 of a current philosophical project. The first two may be found here: http://www.walayah.org/blog/philosophical-notes-on-an-islamic-phenomenology-of-consciousness-part-i In effect, these seven collectively constitute appendices to the main theme of the chapter: the development of an Islamic phenomenology and science of consciousness. Much of the content presumes...
read morePhilosophical Notes on an Islamic Phenomenology of Consciousness: Part I
Below are the first two of seven paragraphs penned during the course of writing what is provisionally Chapter 8 of a current philosophical project. In effect, these seven collectively constitute appendices to the main theme of the chapter: the development of an Islamic phenomenology and science of consciousness. Much of the content presumes earlier sections, including definitions and explanations of terminology. That said, these notes are comprehensible outside of the original context, at least for for the most part. Disclaimer: These...
read moreMajor Arcs in the Philosophy of Shaykh Aḥmad III: Dialectical Metaphysics and the Project of Illuminationism.
It has been some time since posting our most recent installment, on objective logic and dialectics, in this seven-part series on the life, legacy, and philosophy of Shaykh Aḥmad Ibn Zayniddīn al-Aḥsāʾī. Things for this writer have been incredibly busy and it has taken much longer than expected to return to this. A number of readers also posted very interesting questions which remain on this author’s radar screen for reply and discssion: apologies that things have taken more time than intended. Contents of the seven parts of this...
read moreTowards an Islamic Philosophy of Education
Note by Samawi One of the most pressing needs of Muslim communities, East and West, is a coherent, progressive framework of education that avoids the extremes of reactionary traditionalism and astray Westoxification (gharbzadegi in Farsi). The core of Islamic and AhlulBayti (S) teaching is the search for knowledge beyond faith, realized in action; efforts towards an objective framework of pedagogy and education, based on the maʿrifaḧ of Qurʾān and AhlulBayt (S) are essential, even wājib kifāʾī. Although this writer does not...
read moreMajor Arcs in the Philosophy of Shaykh Aḥmad II: Objective Logic and Dialectics
Following up upon our Preliminary Considerations, we have now reached the longest and most advanced installment in this series on the life, legacy, and philosophy of Shaykh Aḥmad Ibn Zayniddīn al-Aḥsāʾī. Contents of the seven parts of this series: Life, Travels, Character and Charisma Works: Opera Majora and Minora Legacy and Influence I: Students, Close Disciples, Licensees, and Other Contemporaries Legacy and Influence II: Shaykhism Major Arcs in the Philosophy of Shaykh Aḥmad I: Preliminary Considerations Major Arcs in the...
read moreMajor Arcs in the Philosophy of Shaykh Aḥmad I: Preliminary Considerations
In our previous installment we completed our survey of the life, works, and influence of Shaykh Aḥmad Ibn Zayniddīn al-Aḥsāʾī. We are now at the halfway point. The second half of our survey, consisting of the final three installments in this series, will focus on the philosophical foundations of the cosmology of the Shaykh. Contents of the seven parts of this series: Life, Travels, Character and Charisma Works: Opera Majora and Minora Legacy and Influence I: Students, Close Disciples, Licensees, and Other Contemporaries Legacy and...
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