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The \u201cIslam: Tradition and Modernity\u201d series is published by the \u201cSadra\u201d publishing house with the support of the Ibn Sina Islamic Culture Research Foundation since 2016. It is meant to introduce the reader to a wide range of issues that arose throughout the entire existence of Islamic thought.<\/span><\/p>\n

15 books have been published in this series: \u201cThe history of Islamic philosophy\u201d, \u201cThe story about Hayy ibn Yaqdhan\u201d, <\/span>“The correct balance (al-Qistas al-mustaqim)” by Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali,\u00a0\u201cDialectics of the Abrahamic symbol\u201d,\u00a0\u201cMorteza Motahhari \u2013 a thinker of action\u201d,\u00a0\u201cThe reconstruction of religious thought in Islam\u201d\u00a0by\u00a0Muhammad Iqbal,\u00a0\u201cSufism: development of the mystical language in an-Niffari\u2019s works\u201d (translation from Arabic, introduction and comments by R.V. Pskhu),<\/span> \u201cThe Philosophy and Life of Mulla Sadra\u201d by Seyed S. Safavi, \u201cBurhan az-Zakirin\u201d (\u201cEvidence for those who remember\u201d) of Dawlatshah al-Ispijabi, the collection of articles \u201cThe Past and Present of Islamic Philosophy. Selected articles of Sagadeev\u2019s Readings\u2019 participants (2008-2019)\u201d, \u201cThe Man of Light in Iranian Sufism\u201d by Henri Corbin, \u201cThe Key to the Hidden (Miftah al-ghayb)\u201d by Sadr al-Din Al-Qunawi, \u201cIbn Sina (Avicenna)\u201d by A.V. Sagadeyev, \u201cSufism\u201d by W. Chittick and \u201cHuman Being From the Islamic Perspective\u201d by A. Vaezi.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe history of Islamic philosophy\u201d is a classical work of Henry Corbin about the history of the philosophical thought in the Islamic world, well-known to Russian and foreign readers. It was published with the participation of the most prominent representatives of the RAS Institute of Philosophy. The book\u2019s academic editor is Yanis Eshots, one of the leading specialists in classical Islamic mysticism (Irfan).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe story about Hayy ibn Yaqdhan\u201d is a collection of annotated academic translations of three versions of a classical story about Hayy ibn Yaqdhan by Ibn Sina, Suhrawardi and ibn Tufail. The book was prepared with the assistance of the People\u2019s Friendship University of Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe correct balance (al-Qistas al-mustaqim)\u201d\u00a0by Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali represents a commented translation from Arabic and research on one of the most interesting and complex works of this prominent medieval Muslim thinker conducted by professor V.V.Naumkin, academic advisor of the RAS Institute of Oriental studies.\u00a0 In this work Al-Ghazali attempts to Islamize the ancient logic. Drawing on the Aristotelian syllogistic, he disputes with Ismailian theologists.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDialectics of the Abrahamic symbol\u201d by F.\u00a0Nofal is the book that represents an attempt to understand the phenomenon of the Abrahamic myth. Drawing upon the original symbolic and existential concept, the author describes the architectonics of different religious systems \u2013\u00a0in particular, the Jewish, Christian and Muslim ones. In order to answer the question of how one mythology type differs from the other, the author has examined a rich body of materials collected over 10 years of hard work.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMorteza Motahhari \u2013 a thinker of action\u201d\u00a0\u2013 is\u00a0the most interesting excerpts of M. Motahhari works published in Russian. These works deal with the most important challenges of the Iranian society of the day, that is the correlation of religious and national identity of the Iranians, establishing the principles of the Islamic ideology, the legal status of women in Islam, the Islamic ideal of a perfect human and interaction between science and faith in the context of Islam.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reconstruction of religious thought in Islam\u201d\u00a0by\u00a0Muhammad Iqbal\u00a0is the major work of Muhammad Iqbal (1873\u20131938), which contains reflections on the Muslim legacy taking into account the political, social and economic challenges of the 20th century,\u00a0\u00a0modern scientific discoveries and philosophic knowledge. The translation and research of Iqbal\u2019s work are supposed to defy the Islam-related stereotypes that tend to underestimate the Islamic culture\u2019s potential for development, adaptation and improvement.<\/p>\n

\u201cSufism: development of the mystical language in an-Niffari\u2019s works. The Book of Standings. The Book of [spiritual] addresses. In relation to His wonderful speech about love<\/span>\u201d is the Russian translation of the Arabic works of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Jabbar al-Niffari, one of the most enigmatic personalities in the history of Sufism of the 10th century, has been published for the first time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Philosophy and Life of Mulla Sadra\u201d is dedicated to the great Safavi thinker Mulla Sadra (1571\u20131636). The author describes his main works and ideas and analyses the basic concepts of his religious and philosophical teaching.<\/span><\/p>\n

The publication\u00a0<\/span>\u201cBurhan az-Zakirin\u201d\u00a0(\u201cEvidence for those who remember\u201d)\u00a0contains two works in Persian written by Dawlatshah b. Abd al-Wahhab al-Ispijabi (d. 1714), a Sufi Sheikh of the Yasawiya brotherhood, as well as a detailed historical and philological commentary.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Past and Present of Islamic Philosophy\u201d\u00a0is a collection of articles containing the materials of Sagadeev\u2019s Readings held between 2008 and 2019 at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (Moscow). The book includes articles on the history, philosophy, and culture of the Islamic world, as well as translations of several Arabic texts illustrating the intellectual life of the Muslim Middle Ages.<\/p>\n

The book \u201cThe Man of Light in Iranian Sufism\u201d by\u00a0Henri\u00a0Corbin\u00a0examines Corbin’s legacy and his contribution to the development of Islamic studies, Iranian studies and related disciplines.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Key to the Hidden (Miftah al-ghayb)\u201d\u00a0is the most significant work of the outstanding Sufi thinker of the 13th century Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi.\u00a0\u00a0The work features a detailed analysis of the attributes and characteristics of the Perfect Human.<\/p>\n

The book\u00a0\u201cIbn Sina (Avicenna)\u201d\u00a0focuses on the life and work of Ibn Sina (980-1037), one of the greatest medieval thinkers. The author analyzes the thinker’s scientific, philosophical, social and ethical ideas and examines the influence of his encyclopedic works on various Eastern and Western schools of philosophy.<\/p>\n

The book\u00a0\u201cSufism\u201d\u00a0tells about Sufism \u2014 a mystical movement in Islam that dates back to the 8th\u00a0century. Giving an overview of the Sufi tradition, the author attempts to demonstrate how main elements of the Sufi philosophy manifested themselves in different historical circumstances.<\/p>\n

In his work A.Vaezi \u201cHuman Being From the Islamic Perspective\u201d systematizes Islamic anthropology from the position of classical sources, such as the Qur\u2019an and Sunnah, Islamic philosophy and the tradition of mysticism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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