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Dr. Syed, a sociologist by trade, walks us through the metaphysical dimensions of love in the Qur'ān, the Hadīth corpus and Islamic thought.

Dr. Alexander Knysh, professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Michigan walks us through the historical development of Islamic mysticism and the impact of Orientalism on the study of Islam. The Handbook of Sufi Studies: https://brill.com/display/serial/HO1-HSUF

What is the ‘Self'? How did the giants of the Islamic Metaphysical tradition conceive of the ‘Self'? We discuss this and much more on this episode of the Dhawq podcast. Our guest Dr. Muhammad U Faruque walks us through his book, ‘Sculpting the Self'. He also answers many others questions on the nature of ‘Selfhood'.

Can belief in God be rationally justified? What does cognitive psychology teach us about belief? In this episode, Dr. Kelly James Clark (author of the book, God and the Brain) walks us through the psychology of belief.

In this episode, Dr. Rustom sheds light on the concept of the Muhammadan Reality and its central position within the Islamic cosmological structure.

In this episode, Dr. Markwith walks us through the idea of the Prophetic Archetypes in Sufism. We also discuss non-duality and it's links with Sufi ontology.

In this episode, Dr. Mukhtar Ali walks us through the metaphysical foundations of Philosophical Sufism.

In this episode, Dr. Cyrus Ali Zargar walks us through the framework of Islamic Moral Philosophy and Virtue Ethics in Islamic Philosophy, as well as Sufism. We tackle the age old question of what makes something ‘good' and how to live the good life, from an Islamic philosophical perspective.

What is Metaphysics? Why are metaphysical truths important? In a postmodern world - is there any room for truth? Welcome to the first episode of the Dhawq podcast.