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🔻"Structure and Argumentation in Islamic Theology", Lec09
speaker, Dr. Hassan Ansari
Nov 4, 2025

🟥 Lecture in Persian, can be watched with closed caption (CC) and auto-translate on our channel.

Summary:
In this session, three topics were discussed:

1. The attribute of God's will according to the Bahshamite theologians and its distinction from the concept of God's will in the view of the philosophers.

2. Does God have an essence (mahiyyah)? Can God be characterized by an attribute beyond His essential attributes—one that is unknown to humans?

3. A discussion on whether the attribute of power is essential to God.

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آشنایی با ساختار و نظام استدلالی متون کلاسيک در الهيات اسلامی، دکتر حسن انصاری

جلسه نهم: در اين جلسه درباره سه موضوع بحث شد: ۱) صفت اراده خداوند نزد متکلمان بهشمی و تمايز آن با اراده خدا از ديدگاه فلاسفه. ۲) آيا خداوند ماهيت دارد؟ آيا می توان خداوند را به صفتی زائد بر صفات ذاتی اش متصف کرد که معروف انسان ها نيست؟ ۳) بحث درباره ذاتی بودن صفت قدرت در خداوند. (۴ نوامبر، ۲۰۲۵)

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درس گفتارهای تاریخ اندیشه و تمدن اسلامی

🌐 بصورت مجازی، به فارسی

«آشنایی با ساختار و نظام استدلالی متون کلاسيک در الهيات اسلامی»
توسط دکتر حسن انصاری

موضوع: توحید

جلسه دهم، سه شنبه ۱۱ نوامبر، ۸:۳۰ تا ۱۰:۱۵ شب (به وقت شرق آمریکا)

Zoom Participation (webinar):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/93933325521

چکیده:
بررسی "شرح جمل العلم والعمل".
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UXKbI9f_4yi5jIa0_DfWa3Lkdq-jZkwD/view

در باره سخنران:
https://www.ias.edu/hs/ansari

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Quran Study, Special Topic

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Hybrid, EN Lecture

Date
Friday November 14, 2025
7:30 pm to 9:30 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
MIT Tang Center, E51-376, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142

Schedule
7:30-7:40 Ziyarat Ale-Yasin
7:40-8:45 Lecture, in English, Dr. Muhammad Ali Radhawi (joining by zoom)
Topic: "The Concept of Intercession (ash-shafāʿa) in the Qur'an"
8:45-9:00 Q&A
9:00-9:30 Dinner

Zoom Participation (hybrid):
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Quran Study, Special Topic 🌐 Hybrid, EN Lecture Date Friday November 14, 2025 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm (Eastern Time) Location MIT Tang Center, E51-376, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142 Schedule 7:30-7:40 Ziyarat Ale-Yasin 7:40-8:45 Lecture, in English, Dr.…
Abstract:
This study examines verse 87 of Sūrat Maryam (Qur’an 19:87) within the broader Qur’anic discourse on ash-shafāʿa (intercession). The verse states, “None will have the right to intercede, except those who have taken a covenant from the Most Compassionate,” raising important theological questions about the conditions, legitimacy, and limitations of intercession in the Islamic tradition. The aim of this study is to develop a deeper understanding of this concept by analyzing the verse in its textual and theological context.
درس گفتارهای تاریخ اندیشه و تمدن اسلامی

🌐 بصورت مجازی، به فارسی

«آشنایی با ساختار و نظام استدلالی متون کلاسيک در الهيات اسلامی»
توسط دکتر حسن انصاری

موضوع: توحید

جلسه دهم تکمیلی (اخر)، یکشنبه ۱۶ نوامبر، ۶:۰۰ تا ۷:۰۰ شب (به وقت شرق آمریکا)

Zoom Participation (webinar):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/93933325521

چکیده:
بررسی "شرح جمل العلم والعمل".
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UXKbI9f_4yi5jIa0_DfWa3Lkdq-jZkwD/view

در باره سخنران:
https://www.ias.edu/hs/ansari

#الهیات_اسلامی_ساختار_نظام_استدلالی
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🔻Guest Talk and Dialogue Session
"The Hawzah and Contemporary Issues"
Speaker: Sayyid Mohammad Baqir Kashmiri
Vice Chairman of I.M.A.M. and Representative of Jurist

Friday, Nov 21, 2025, 7:30-9:30 pm (US Eastern Time)

About Speaker:
https://imam-us.org/sayyid-mohammad-baqir-kashmiri

(details will be announced)

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Lecture Series on
History of Islamic Thought and Civilization, MIT

🌐 Virtual, FA Lecture | Subtitled on YouTube

🔹Tuesdays 8:30-10:15 pm (ET), Starting Nov 18, 2025
Lecture (FA w/ Subs), "The State of Religious Conflicts in the First Half of the Third Century AH Based on al-ʿUthmāniyya by al-Jāḥiẓ", 4 Sessions
Speaker, Hassan Ansari

Zoom Webinar (lecture series):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/93933325521
Meeting ID: 939 3332 5521

🟥 Lectures are recorded in YouTube and can be watched on our channel with closed caption (CC) and auto-translate.
https://www.youtube.com/@AhlulbaytIslamicSociety

About Speaker:
https://www.ias.edu/hs/ansari

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درس گفتارهای تاریخ اندیشه و تمدن اسلامی

🌐 بصورت مجازی، به فارسی

«وضعیت نزاع های مذهبی در نیمه اول سده سوم قمری بر اساس کتاب العثمانیة تأليف جاحظ»، ۴ درسگفتار
حسن انصاری
موسسه مطالعات پیشرفته، پرینستون، نیوجرسی

سه شنبه ها، ۸:۳۰ تا ۱۰:۱۵ شب (به وقت شرق آمریکا)
شروع جلسات از ۱۸ نوامبر، ۲۰۲۵

Zoom Participation (webinar):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/93933325521
Meeting ID: 939 3332 5521

🟥 Lecture is recorded in YouTube and can be watched later on our channel with closed caption (CC) and auto-translate.
https://www.youtube.com/@AhlulbaytIslamicSociety

در باره سخنران:
https://www.ias.edu/hs/ansari

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🔻Special Event for Fatimiyya 1447

Speaker: Hajj Hassanain Rajabali (joining by zoom)
Lecture: "Lady Fatima - The Bountiful"

Thursday, Nov 20, 2025, 7:15-10:00 pm (US Eastern Time)

About Speaker:
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(details will be announced)

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🔻"Hikmah in the Qur'an", Lec07
speaker, Dr. Farhad Ghoddoussi
Nov 9, 2025

Topic: Meaning of Hikmah (Wisdom) in the Story of Abraham (Q16:121–125)

Summary:
In the first half of the seventh lecture , we continued discussion on the meaning of hikmah in the verse Q43:63 which is a verse part of the pericope Q43:57-65 about Jesus. This pericope of Sūrah al-Zukhruf records and responds to an objection raised by the polytheists of Mecca to the Qur'an's favorable portrayal of Jesus (Q43:57-58). In response to this objection, which was discussed thoroughly in the sixth lecture, Qur'an in the following verses of this pericope lists four things regarding Jesus and his ministry which is also a restatement of it's Christology: (1) he was "just a servant" (ʿabd) and "an example" (mathal) for the Israelites (Q43:59); (2) had God wished, He could make the angels inherit the earth from humans (Q43:60); (3) Jesus was "knowledge of the Hour" (Q43:61); (4) he brought wisdom (ḥikmah) and came to clarify the disputes (ikhtilāf) that the Israelites had fallen into (Q43:63). We discussed the first two item on the list in the previous sixth lecture. In this seventh lecture we discussed the items 3 and 4 on the list.

In Christianity Jesus is an embodiment of the knowledge of God, being His image (e.g., Col1:15; 2 Cor4:4), His Logos (e.g., John1:1), and His Wisdom (e.g., 1 Cor1:24, 30) and Jesus is portrayed as revealing his own divinity through miracles. In Qur’an (for example Q3:49) Jesus’s miracles point instead to the reality of the hereafter and Jesus’s description as “knowledge of the Hour” in the Sūrat al-Zukhruf Jesus pericope is a conscious rejection of his being “knowledge of God.” Sūrat al-Zukhruf’s portrayal of Jesus as a bringer of wisdom can be read as a continuation of the same role Jesus occupies in the Gospels. Qur’an by Jesus’s ḥikmah refers to his clarification of the Mosaic message and law, regarding which the Israelites had fallen into dispute and this clarification included a lightening of the requirements of the law.

In the second half of this lecture we discussed the meaning of Hikmah in the famous verse Q16:125 of Surah al-Nahl. "Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom(hikmah) and good advice and dispute with them in a manner that is best. Indeed your Lord knows best those who stray from His way, and He knows best those who are guided. "(Q16:125). This verse just comes after a pericope about Abraham Q16:119-124. In this pericope Abraham is considered a hanif, selected and guided by God, blessed in both worlds and among the righteous and prophet Muhammad (ص) was asked to follow the path of Abraham.

In the pivotal Q16:124 verse it is stated that sabbath was only prescribed for the Jews and neither for Abraham and his followers and nor for Muslims. Similar to the Sūrat al-Zukhruf Jesus pericope (Q43:57-65), we have a combination between the differing (ikhtilāf; Q16:124 and Q 43:63) that the Jews fell victim to, which is contrasted with the ḥikmah that Jesus(ع) (Q 43:63) or Prophet Muhammad(ص) (Q 16:125) now offer to resolve the dispute by partially clarifying or reforming the law.

Hikmah as moral/natural law is in contrast to the positive law, that is, reforms can be applied to the positive law in the light of knowledge coming from Hikmah.

#hikmah_quran
This week’s "Hikmah in the Qur’an" lecture will not be held. Session 8 will take place next Sunday, November 23, from 7:15 to 9:00 pm.
upcoming events, Nov 16-21, 2025

▫️Sun, Nov 16, 6:00-7:00 pm (virtual, FA w/ Subs)
Lecture Series, 10 (suppl.), "Structure and Argumentation in Islamic Theology", Hassan Ansari, IAS, Princeton.

▫️Tue, Nov 18, 8:30-10:15 pm (virtual, FA w/ Subs)
Lecture Series, 1, "The State of Religious Conflicts in the First Half of the Third Century AH", Hassan Ansari, IAS, Princeton.

▫️Thu, Nov 20, 7:15-10:00 pm (hybrid, EN)
Dua Kumayl & Lecture, Fatimiyya Event (2), speaker: Hassanain Rajabali.

▫️Fri, Nov 21, 7:30-9:30 pm (hybrid, EN)
Special Event, "The Hawzah and Contemporary Issues", speaker: Sayyid Mohammad Baqir Kashmiri.

- All times US Eastern Time

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درس گفتارهای تاریخ اندیشه و تمدن اسلامی

🌐 بصورت مجازی، به فارسی

«آشنایی با ساختار و نظام استدلالی متون کلاسيک در الهيات اسلامی»
توسط دکتر حسن انصاری

موضوع: توحید

جلسه دهم تکمیلی (اخر)، یکشنبه ۱۶ نوامبر، ۶:۰۰ تا ۷:۰۰ شب (به وقت شرق آمریکا)

Zoom Participation (webinar):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/93933325521

چکیده:
بررسی "شرح جمل العلم والعمل".
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UXKbI9f_4yi5jIa0_DfWa3Lkdq-jZkwD/view

در باره سخنران:
https://www.ias.edu/hs/ansari

#الهیات_اسلامی_ساختار_نظام_استدلالی
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🔻"Structure and Argumentation in Islamic Theology", Lec10
speaker, Dr. Hassan Ansari
Nov 11, 2025

🟥 Lecture in Persian, can be watched with closed caption (CC) and auto-translate on our channel.

Summary:
In this session, several topics related to the attributes of the Exalted God were discussed, including the issue of whether God’s attributes are intrinsic and the point that God’s attributes are not “eternal” in the sense of being independent entities with their own meanings. We also examined the theologians’ arguments for why God is not a body, and the theory of “a body unlike other bodies” was brought into discussion.

Finally, in the debate over proving God’s oneness from the perspective of the theologians, we discussed in detail the theology of various early Christian sects, as well as the views of dualist thinkers, Zoroastrianism, and Zurvanism on this matter. In the Q&A portion, we also explored the theory of predestination and free will from the viewpoints of theologians and philosophers.

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آشنایی با ساختار و نظام استدلالی متون کلاسيک در الهيات اسلامی، دکتر حسن انصاری

جلسه دهم: در اين جلسه چند موضوع در ارتباط با صفات باری تعالی بحث شد و از جمله بحث درباره ذاتی بودن صفات خداوند و اينکه صفات خدا به دلیل معانی قديم نيست. همچنين درباره استدلال متکلمين بحث شد که چرا خداوند جسم نيست و نظريه "جسم لا کالأجسام" هم به بحث گذاشته شد. دست آخر در بحث اثبات يگانگی خدا از ديدگاه متکلمان مفصلا درباره خداشناسی مذاهب مختلف مسيحيت قديم بحث کرديم و همچنين درباره ديدگاه ثنوی انديش ها و ديانت زردشتی و زروان در اين زمينه. در بخش پرسش و پاسخ ها هم درباره نظريه جبر و اختيار از ديدگاه متکلمين و فلاسفه بحث شد. (۱۱ نوامبر، ۲۰۲۵)

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Lecture Series, Lec01

🌐 Virtual, FA Lecture | Subtitled on YouTube

Date
Tuesday November 18th, 2025
8:30 pm to 10:15 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
Online, Detail Below

Schedule
8:30-8:35 Login to zoom
8:35-10:00 Lecture, in Persian, Dr. Hassan Ansari
Title: "The State of Religious Conflicts in the First Half of the Third Century AH Based on al-ʿUthmāniyya by al-Jāḥiẓ", Lec01
10:00-10:15 Q&A

Zoom Participation (webinar):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/93933325521

🟥 Lecture is recorded in YouTube and can be watched later on our channel with closed caption (CC) and auto-translate.
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درس گفتارهای تاریخ اندیشه و تمدن اسلامی

🌐 بصورت مجازی، به فارسی

«وضعیت نزاع های مذهبی در نیمه اول سده سوم قمری بر اساس کتاب العثمانیة تأليف جاحظ»
توسط دکتر حسن انصاری

جلسه اول، سه شنبه ۱۸ نوامبر، ۸:۳۰ تا ۱۰:۱۵ شب (به وقت شرق آمریکا)

Zoom Participation (webinar):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/93933325521

در باره سخنران:
https://www.ias.edu/hs/ansari

#العثمانیة_جاحظ
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Dua Kumayl & Lecture, Fatimiyya 1447, Event 2

🌐
Hybrid, EN Lecture

Speaker
: Hajj Hassanain Rajabali (joining by zoom)
Lecture: "Lady Fatima - The Bountiful"

Date
Thursday November 20th, 2025
7:15 pm to 10:00 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
MIT Tang Center, E51-395, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142

Schedule
7:15-7:25 Quran Recitation
7:25-8:00 Dua Kumayl
8:00-9:00 Lecture and Q&A, in English
9:00-9:30 Ziyarat Fatima al-Zahra (p), Mourning Ritual
9:30-10:00 Dinner

Zoom Participation (hybrid):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/95948516788

- About Speaker (Bio)

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