Entries by Tony Soprano

“Fundamentalism”: A Metaphysical Perspective by M. Ali Lakhani

“Fundamentalism”: A Metaphysical Perspective by M. Ali Lakhani “…In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it and approve it with a text, Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?” William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, III.ii.77 History is replete with examples of those who have desacrated and degraded religion, sadly and ironically […]

Tradition and Modernity – Frithjof Schuon

Tradition and Modernity by Frithjof Schuon [This paper was originally written by Schuon for a congress convened in Japan in 1961, which dealt with the crisis of modernity. The text was subsequently published under the title “No Activity without Truth” in the Penguin anthology titled “The Sword of Gnosis” (edited by Jacob Needleman). A version […]

A Commentary on the Creed of Islam: Sa’d al-Din al-Taftazani on the Creed of Najm al-Din al-Nasafi – Translated with introduction and notes by Earl Edgar Elder

This book is a translation of one of the most important texts on the creed of Islam, the Sharh al-‘Aqa’id al-Nasafiyyah of Imam Sa’ad al-Din al-Taftazani (d. 1389).  It is a commentary by Taftazani of Imam Abu Hafs al-Nasafi’s (d. 1177) work al-‘Aqa’id al-Nasafiyyah. Introduction to Islamic Theology and Law: Sharh al-‘Aqa’id al-Nasafiyyah

Themes of Love in Islamic Mystical Theology by William Chittick

Abstract: “Muslim scholars who talked about love agreed that it is indefinable. In discussions of human love, they typically limited themselves to describing its symptoms, characteristics, and consequences. They summarized these along the lines of “yearning for union.” By using the word union, they were saying that the goal of lovers is to come together, […]