Seyyed Hossein Nasr: Islamic Spirituality and the Needs of Humanity Today
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- čas přidán 31. 12. 2014
- Imperial College London, 17th November 2014
Seyyed Hossein Nasr, currently University Professor of Islamic Studies at the George Washington University, Washington D.C. is one of the most important and foremost scholars of Islamic, Religious and Comparative Studies in the world today.
Author of over fifty books and five hundred articles which have been translated into several major Islamic, European and Asian languages, Professor Nasr is a well known and highly respected intellectual figure both in the West and the Islamic world. An eloquent speaker with a charismatic presence, Nasr is a much sought after speaker at academic conferences and seminars, university and public lectures and also radio and television programs in his area of expertise. Possessor of an impressive academic and intellectual record, his career as a teacher and scholar spans over four decades.
May Allah bless Dr. Nasr. He has been a gift to the Ummah.
Dr. Nasr is an amazingly scholar. IMHO he his the leading Muslim intellectual who is with us.
What a living legend Dr Hossein Nasr is indeed!
Definitely a blessing to the Abrahamic faiths
Very helpful in understanding spirituality.Wish Mr.nasar all the best.
Such a great speech.
Such a beautiful human being
I can listen to him for hours
Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you very much for the easy but insightful delivery on Islamic spirituality.
Sincere respect and salaam from Malaysia Ya Shaykh.
Dr Nasr is a pillar of faith
I hope Dr. Nasr knows how much he is loved.
Miracle of Our Times.
Islam is the fastest growing religion .. it is important that it broadly finds spirituality so that the Ummah can include mystics of all religions .. mysticism is ground where all the Religions come together...and we all worship the same God using different names and/or forms
First time heard about this brother.Can anybody provide link to his works.Would really like to read his works.
Tajamul Hussain brother go to amazon and type his name he is writer of 70 books and close to 600 articles
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Will the Q&A also be uploaded ?
I have listened to over 25 lectures of Dr Nasr and never gained anything concrete or practical conclusions
He just rambled through many names and references like footnotes and comparisons in an abstract space.
The good Prof says @5:30 that the Quran itself exudes spirituality. As a non-Muslim I'd be grateful if someone would quote me a few relevant verses from the Quran, as it is my view that "Islamic spirituality" is an oxymoron.
This is because Islam is based on belief. Whereas spirituality is experiential self-realisation (without any belief; even in God). Awakening/enlightenment - hopefully in this life - is the outcome sought through spiritual practices that are enunciated in Eastern traditions (such as Buddhism, Hinduism etc. and they realise "I am God").
In Islam you are said to meet your creator in afterlife (in your body), on the day of judgement, muddling up what spirituality has to do with Islam.
Ever heard of someone like Imam Ali? Or Mullah Sadra? Or Maytham e Tammar? Or Irfan or Sufism????
You should know before you speak
Nasr is taking the perspective here that Sufism is a kind of Islamic spirituality . . . rather than the other way around. If that's not correct, then what he says would have to be re-evaluated accordingly . . .
+SUFI-4- LIFE!: Which came first: Islam or Sufism (?)
Nonsense. The tree is defined by its fruit. If your idols were true, after 40 years, your children were not astray.
Where is your imaginary Imam? What’s this Imam that has not guided anybody? Where did he present in the words of Allah swt? You are following your blind ancestors, not the truth.
All of your contradictory arguments and misunderstandings were tested between followers of books of God. Unless you put away the nonsense words of hypocrites in the history, and try to understand all the words of God revealed in books (Quran and Gospel and Old Testament) and reality, you just follow your imaginary contradictory nonsenses.
Mohammad Amin Sahafipoor fard
Shia Islam does not have anything to do with the system of government of the Mullah Mafia in Iran. Allah says that prophet peace be upon him is not wakeel of the people. And Allah says he is not their Fafiz or patron of the people. Allah swt says Guidance is from US/Allah and your responsibility(prophet) is only to inform. And Allah swt says about the faithfuls that faithfuls are those who listen to all the arguments and follow the best. Therefore responsibility of understanding of the Quran and true Sunna is on individual Muslims and not so and so shaykh. The actions of Mullah Mafia in Iran are actually contradictory to teaching of Islam and prophet (sawa) as they try to enforce their will and funnel visions of Islam upon masses. The Imams of Shia/family of the prophet sawa never enforced their understanding upon people. In the contrast we have someone asked Syeda Fatima ra if Ali ra is with truth and the one to be followed after the prophet why he does not raise for his right. Syeda Fatima ra answered that it is the responsibility of the people to know the Imam is and to follow him.
-- In saheeh Muslim there is a narration from the holly prophet sawa who says whoever dies and does not know the Imam of his time has died as an ignorant person.
-- History of Tabari writes about the events of year 44 when Muawiya was declaring himself as Khaleef in sham, Ibn Omar who was anti Imam Ali ra used to recite the above hadith and would try to get oath of allegiance for Muawiya.
About Imams the Quran says:
وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَهْدُونَ بِأَمْرِنَا وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْهِمْ فِعْلَ الْخَيْرَاتِ وَإِقَامَ الصَّلَاةِ وَإِيتَاءَ الزَّكَاةِ وَكَانُوا لَنَا عَابِدِينَ
And we made them Imams who guide people according to our commands..... And Allah says to Ibrahim as:
When God, the Most High said,
“I will make you an Imam for mankind” The Prophet Ibrahim (as) asked, “And of my offspring (will there be leaders)?” God the Most High replied,
“My covenant does not include the unjust”. So someone who may be unjust can not be an Imam based on the wording of holly Quran. In the holly Quran It talks about the station of Khedr and Dhul Qarnain in proximity to Allah and in shia believe the station of the Prophet peace be upon him is higher than any one else as all the Quranic stories the outer and inner truth was understood by the holly prophet as he was the living Quran. Similarily in the war seffeen when Mauwiya ordered the rise of Quranic pages of the spears when he was loosing the war Imam Ali ra said I am the living Quran and Quran is a book (meaning it requires the right understanding). But off course hypocrites /khawarij did not understand him and event got finished the way it did. To understand the station of Ahl beit peace be upon them I invite you first to watch this CZcams video by this Sunni Shaykh: Shaykh Yahya Ninowy on Shahadat of Imam Hussein Luton conference London. And then look for two ahadith by messenger of Allah: One I leave among you two weighty thing: Book of Allah and my traditions. And second one : I leave among you two weighty things: the book of Allah and my family on all six saheeh online.
You have a difficult task of convincing people about all these virtues of Islam. Probably some time and on certain occasions in the history. How can you claim credit for a Muslim who gave haven to Christians when Shi’a Islamic government in Iran is treating non Shi’a muslims like this and other minorities even worse. Where are the happy minorities in Saudi Arabia or other Islamic countries. When did ever treatment of minorities in history of Islam Matched present tolerance in the west. Islam, probably had better historical record on occasions but not any more. Instead of trying to inspire the modern civilization about these virtues it is better to direct these talks toward Muslims. Specially all Ayatollahs (highest ranking Shia jurist) in Iran who have all the power. Ironically they are doing totally the opposite of what you teach. Why your talk is so good and the action so bad?
Well he knows that. Why is he denouncing fundamentalism. All of those you spoke off are the fundamentalists. The iranians ones in the spectrum of Iran, all of Saudi Arabia...