Archives for Islamic Thought

Books to Translate This Year (2023)

Books to Translate This Year (2023)
by | January 31, 2023 | No Comments

After getting feedback from you, my dear friends, readers, or members of the ElziStyle Books Family, last 2 weeks and for which I’m truly grateful, here will be the next books to translate: * Murtada Mutahhari, ISLAM WA NIYAZ-HA-ye ZAMAN (Islam and the Exigencies of Time), Volumes 1-2 Of the 4 titles, it earned the greatest number of suggestions – 50%. My target is to finish translating the 1st volume in less than 4 months; that is, from February 20-March
Continue Reading

On the ‘Verticalization’ of Eschatology

On the ‘Verticalization’ of Eschatology
by | March 16, 2022 | No Comments

TEHRAN, Islamic Republic of Iran (August 1, 2007) – While waiting for half a dozen professors constituting the defense panel to finish reading the last draft of my dissertation (“The Power of International Quds Day in the Cyberspace (https://amzn.to/34xW2cU), FREE eBook here: www.elzistyle.com/qudsday), I have embarked on the translation into English of a Persian book on the mystical subtleties of supplication (du’a’) (“In the Presence of the Beloved”). For the past two days, however, I had to set aside the
Continue Reading

Better Late Than Never

Better Late Than Never
by | February 2, 2022 | No Comments

Let me confess to you something. As I was really, really engrossed with preparing the draft of my forthcoming book, ‘MBAYUKA TANU! to be sent to the reviewers, I totally didn’t find time to make this announcement yesterday (February 1 – World Hijab Day). Here is it: This book, REPLIES TO CRITIQUES OF THE BOOK ‘THE ISSUE OF HIJAB’ by Shahid Murtada Mutahhari, which is worth $9.99 in paperback (https://amzn.to/3gf7GMo) you can now get its digital copy for… FREE. Yes,
Continue Reading

The Power of the Minbar

The Power of the Minbar
by | September 15, 2021 | No Comments

Muscat, Oman (May 9, 2018) – In a recent post-Marawi conflict analysis workshop I co-facilitated, the third session was devoted to the identification of enablers and inhibitors of radicalization that leads to violent extremism. It can be noticed during the presentation that the madrasah and religious leaders or scholars (‘ulama) were identified in the three groups as either among the enablers, or the inhibitors, while at the same time, none of the three groups ever identified the institution of the
Continue Reading

Mutahhari’s Replies to 5 Critiques on ‘The Issue of Hijab’

Mutahhari’s Replies to 5 Critiques on ‘The Issue of Hijab’
by | February 19, 2021 | No Comments

Text, page 382 Does Islam advocate women behind the veil, just as the word ḥijāb means “covering”? Or, does Islam advocate woman to cover her body in front of a stranger man without forcing her not to attend a gathering? And concerning the second case, what is the extent of the covering? Should the face and two hands up to the wrist be covered as well? Or, is it that the head and the two arms must be covered while
Continue Reading

Fiṭrah and Ibn Athīr’s View

Fiṭrah and Ibn Athīr’s View
by | September 15, 2020 | No Comments

The word fiṭrah                                        Now, we shall begin with the first issue. What kind of word is the word fiṭrah as it appears in the Qur’an? فِطْرَةَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا لاَ تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ اللَّهِ …the origination of Allah according to which He originated mankind. (30:30)
Continue Reading

Transmigration and Resurrection

Transmigration and Resurrection
by | June 21, 2020 | 2 Comments

The Literal and Technical Meanings of Tanāsukh (Transmigration) Tanāsukh is derived from the root word n-s-kh and its literal function is associated with two characteristics: Change and transfer, and Succession of two things, one succeeding another.[1] As such, the word naskh in the parlance of jurisprudence (fiqh) and its principles (uṣūl al-fiqh) means a ruling (ḥukm) in the sharī‘ah which is abrogated by another ruling, and each of these two characteristics of the literal meaning exist in it. In the
Continue Reading

Assessment of Hume’s Objections to the Argument of Design

Assessment of Hume’s Objections to the Argument of Design
by | June 7, 2020 | 2 Comments

David Hume (1711-1776) of Scotland was one of the empiricist and skeptic philosophers of the West. He opposed many metaphysical foundations such that he had also disputed the proofs of the existence of God. In view of the fact that during his time the most popular proof ever presented for the existence of God in the Western world was the argument of design or teleological argument, he had also posed a serious challenge to it, raising some objections to it.
Continue Reading

Iqbāl and the Revival of Religious Thought

Iqbāl and the Revival of Religious Thought
by | July 29, 2019 | No Comments

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds, the Creator of all existents. May salutations and peace be upon Allah’s servant, Messenger, beloved, favorite, the keeper of His secret, and the propagator of His message—our Chief, Prophet and Master Abū’l-Qāsim Muḥammad (ṣ). I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. “O you who have faith! Answer Allah and the Apostle when he summons you to that which
Continue Reading