Shaykh Aḥmad al-Aḥsāʾī: Part 2 – Works (Opera Majora and Opera Minora)
Here is Part Two of our seven-part series of reflections on the life, influence, and philosophical foundations of the cosmology of Shaykh Aḥmad Ibn Zayniddīn al-Aḥsāʾī....
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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...
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“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...
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Towards 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...
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Book 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...
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Philosophical 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...
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Philosophical 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...
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Major 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...
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Towards 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)...
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Major 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,...
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«إِنَّمَا الْعِلْمُ ثَلَاثَةٌ : اٰيَةٌ مُحْكَمَةٌ ، وَ فَرِيضَةٌ عَادِلَةٌ ، وَ سُنَّةٌ قَائِمةٌ ؛ وَ مَا خَلَا هُنَّ فَهُوَ فَضْلٌ . »
“Knowledge is only three: the Firm Sign, the Just Duty, and the Established Tradition. Anything other than these is superfluous.”
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With respect to our ongoing series on Shaykh Aḥmad Ibn Zayniddīn al-Aḥsāʾī: One of our readers asked for the Arabic original of the two poems given by Imām Ḥasan (ʿA)...
Shaykh Aḥmad Ibn Zayniddīn al-Aḥsāʾī: Part 1 – Life, Travels, Character and Charisma
A number of brothers and sisters have requested more information in English on Shaykh Aḥmad Ibn Zayniddīn al-Aḥsāʾī. This post constitutes the first in a seven-part...
Towards an Objective Logic of the Categories of Faith and Science
One of the peculiar features of modern Western civilization is the conceptual divide between, on the one hand the category of religious faith, where knowledge is supposedly rare...
Walayah.org has reawakened.
Congratulations to all of our readers and subscribers on this, the first day of the Equinox. For those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere, it is the first full day of Spring...
Towards the Nexus of ʿAql: A Note on Method
This is another followup to our first reflection on the Qurʾānic and AhlulBayti concept of ʿaql. In particular, we are moving towards a discussion of the use of the word...
A Subtlety in the Relation of Ignorance to Consciousness
Wa Bismi Rabbi al-Husayn (S) In the previous post in the Reflection section we have begun a discussion of the Qurʾānic and AhlulBayti concept of ʿaql and ways to express that...
What is ʿAql? Towards a Nexal Consciousness
One of the most important technical terms in the Qurʾān and in the traditions of the Family of the Prophet of Islam (S) is ‘ʿaql’. According to them, ʿaql is That by...
BBM Channel for Walayah.org (Android, iPhone, and BlackBerry)
As part of the development of walayah.org into a mobile or online ḥusayniyyaḧ, we have just begun a BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) Channel for BlackBerry, Android, and iphone...
A Reflection on Walāyah
Reflecting on walāyah in the middle of Saturday morning traffic in the inner city London. The rain has cleared and the sun has appeared, but the air remains cold. The inner city...
On the Historical Relevance of the Event of Ghadir
From the moment of its entrance into historical time, the event of Ghadīr has been the subject of much theological controversy among Muslims; that is a given. The historical...
To revert, or not to revert, that is the question
The past few years have witnessed a movement of converts to Islam/Walāyah calling themselves “reverts.” The idea, I suppose, is to capture the notion that Islam/Walāyah is...