Ch 14. The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times: Mechanism and Materialism

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    Saiyad Nizamuddin Ahmad received his MA and Ph.D. in Islamic Studies from Princeton University. He also holds an MA in Arabic from Indiana University and a BSc in Pure Mathematics from Purdue University. He has taught at the University of Texas at Austin, the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation in Kuala Lumpur, the American University of Sharjah, and the American University in Cairo. Saiyad Nizamuddin Ahmad has also been Reader in Shīʿah Studies at The Shīʿah Institute, London.
    His most recent scholarly works include:
    1. Philosophy and the Intellectual Life in Shīʿah Islam, edited with Sajjad H. Rizvi (London: The Shīʿah Institute Press, 2017).
    2. Universal Science: An Introduction to Islamic Metaphysics, Modern Shīʿah Library Series vol. 2, by Mahdī Ḥāʾirī Yazdī (d. 1420/1999), Trans. John Cooper (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2017), edited and introduced by Saiyad Nizamuddin Ahmad (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2017).
    3. Miʿrāj al-ʿUqūl Sharḥ Duʿāʾ al-Mashlūl (The Ascension of the Intellects Commentary on the Supplication of the Lame) by Sayyid Murtaḍā Nawnahrawī Ghāzīpūrī (d. 1336/1917), edited and introduced in Arabic English, and Urdu by Saiyad Nizamuddin Ahmad (London: The Shīʿah Institute, 2016).
    4. Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam by Muḥyī al-Dīn b. al-ʿArabī (d. 638/1240): A Critical Edition with Introduction and Notes (Cairo: Maktabat Miṣr, 2015) based on the unique Konya MS 1933 (dated 630 H) dictated by the author to his disciple Ṣadr al-Dīn Qunawī (d. 672/1274), Cairo: Maktabat Miṣr, 2015).
    5. Fatwās of Condemnation: Islam and the Limits of Dissent. Kuala Lumpur: International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization, 2006.

Komentáře • 26

  • @gpmenges1
    @gpmenges1 Před měsícem +15

    Glad to see you are picking back up with the Guenon lectures!

  • @personanongrata7976
    @personanongrata7976 Před 19 dny +1

    I feel I have more in common w/believing Muslims than I do with de facto materialist Catholics. My "stance" toward Islam/Muslims, and countries like Iran is completely opposite to what it used to be 10 years ago, thanks to channels such as yours.

  • @personanongrata7976
    @personanongrata7976 Před 19 dny

    I really appreciate your having unpacked/explained RG, FSchn, etc. I own all those books now and browse in them on the surface, but you have plumbed the depths so I don't have to, which is fortunate, since I could never. Thank you, Professor.

  • @kh2375.2
    @kh2375.2 Před měsícem +4

    Excellent presentation! I'm always happy to view your videos on Rene Geunon. That young man is lucky to have access to someone who can teach him these topics first hand.

  • @Mosawi7
    @Mosawi7 Před měsícem +4

    Finally! Good to see the series back Saiyad.

  • @aasifazimabadi786
    @aasifazimabadi786 Před měsícem +2

    Alhamdulillah, we have another brilliant commentary on Shaykh Guenon (Rahmatullahi Alai). Assalam alaykum, ya Ustad. May Allah reward you for your efforts. Ameen.

  • @MohamedWaheedAtef
    @MohamedWaheedAtef Před měsícem +2

    Welcome back sir 🎉😊, this gives me hope that you might continue the lectures on "كتاب المشاعر" 😃. God bless you 🌻

  • @gregsmith6935
    @gregsmith6935 Před měsícem +2

    Excellent.
    Was worried for a while!

  • @SJ-vt4bq
    @SJ-vt4bq Před měsícem +1

    Glad to see you are back on Sir! Good to see you are doing well.

  • @personanongrata7976
    @personanongrata7976 Před 19 dny

    Im a fully-committed supernaturalist, yet materialism settles upon me constantly, like the dust in Arizona. This is, perhaps, the reasoning behind the Credo in the Catholic liturgy, an attempt to brush the dust off.

  • @omermushtaq2006
    @omermushtaq2006 Před měsícem +2

    15:09 because of gravity as described by Einstein's theory of general relativity.

  • @qjin4964
    @qjin4964 Před měsícem +1

    It's great that the series is back. I'll need some time to get back to the book, but I'll definitely watch this lecture soon.

  • @UntEyEHero
    @UntEyEHero Před měsícem +2

    I am very happy to see another upload by you so soon, Dr. Ahmad. Is it possible for you upload some videos on esoteric practices of sufism? If someone doesn't have any local congregation of certain sufi tariqa then is there any particular book that you would recommend for them to follow for their practices?

  • @personanongrata7976
    @personanongrata7976 Před 19 dny

    Off topic: Is that Batman (!) on the door? Full disclosure: I have the Joker on my wall.

  • @hasan.radawi
    @hasan.radawi Před měsícem +2

    ⟨ Jazā-kumᵘʾʟ·Lᴀʜ khayrᵃⁿ, Say·yidᵘ-nā al-ʾUstādh! ❦ Shukr al-Ḥamdᵘ lⁱʾʟ·Lᴀʜ ❧ Always praying for you ✺ ⟩

    • @sifatraihan3455
      @sifatraihan3455 Před měsícem +1

      What do you call this way of transliterating Arabic

  • @dungeonsanddragons2049
    @dungeonsanddragons2049 Před měsícem +1

    Salamu Aleikum
    Do you have plans on covering the book ''The Secret Teachings of All Ages" by Manly Palmer Hall?

    • @SaiyadNizamuddinAhmad
      @SaiyadNizamuddinAhmad  Před měsícem +2

      It is an interesting book but no, I do not.

    • @user-ky8ym7le9m
      @user-ky8ym7le9m Před měsícem

      What’s there to cover about

    • @dungeonsanddragons2049
      @dungeonsanddragons2049 Před měsícem

      @@user-ky8ym7le9m ancient mysteries,gnosticism,hermeticism,Pythagorian Mathematics,Egyptian Symbolism,Zodiac,Human Bodies as symbols,Ceremonial Magic,Dwarves,Salamanders's magical properties,stones,the holy grail,Kabbalistic Understanding,Hiram,Tarot Cards their symbolism and meanings,Plato,Islam,Mithrainism,Holy Trinity,Rosecrusians,Masons and their symbolism alot to cover really its a huge volume analysing everything relating to the left and right hand paths and i find it to be a good read and something interesting to cover

  • @mirmahmood2619
    @mirmahmood2619 Před 17 dny

    Is that Batman?

    • @SaiyadNizamuddinAhmad
      @SaiyadNizamuddinAhmad  Před 17 dny +1

      No, not exactly. It is a "batman-based" logo of "Wildman Athletica", the founder is Mark Wildman who was a trainer to A-list actors in Hollywood for many years. For the last few years he has started training the general public. You can search under his name on You Tube as well as see his website: www.wildmanathletica.com/ .