Books

For translations of the books below, see Professor Rustom’s CV
Reviews of Professor Rustom’s books available upon request

Inrushes of the Heart: The Sufi Philosophy of ‘Ayn al-Qudat
Inrushes of the Heart: The Sufi Philosophy of ‘Ayn al-Qudat

A comprehensive study of ‘Ayn al-Qudat’s worldview. SUNY Series in Islam. Albany: SUNY Press, 2023, xxvi + 373 pp. + 11 color images.

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Journal of Islamic Philosophy 6 (2010). Special Issue on Mulla Sadra
Islamic Thought and the Art of Translation: Texts and Studies in Honor of William C. Chittick and Sachiko Murata

An edited volume of articles on Sufism, Islamic philosophy, and cross-cultural translation in celebration of two giants in the field of Islamic studies. Foreword by Seyyed Hossein Nasr. Islamic History and Civilization. Leiden: Brill, 2023, xxviii. + 558 pp.

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Journal of Islamic Philosophy 6 (2010). Special Issue on Mulla Sadra
From the Divine to the Human: Contemporary Islamic Thinkers on Evil, Suffering, and the Global Pandemic

Essays by contemporary Islamic philosophers and theologians on the theme of evil and suffering edited by Muhammad U. Faruque and Mohammed Rustom. Routledge Studies in Islamic Philosophy. New York: Routledge, 2023, xii + 232 pp.

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The Essence of Reality: A Defense of Philosophical Sufism
An English-only edition of ‘Ayn al-Qudat’s Zubdat al-haqa’iq. Foreword by Livia Kohn. Library of Arabic Literature. New York: NYU Press, 2023, xxxviii + 219 pp.

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The Essence of Reality: A Defense of Philosophical Sufism
A translation and parallel Arabic edition of ‘Ayn al-Qudat’s Zubdat al-haqa’iq. Library of Arabic Literature. New York: NYU Press, 2022, xxx + 241 pp.

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زبدة الحقائق لعين القضاة الهمداني
The Arabic edition of ‘Ayn al-Qudat’s Zubdat al-haqa’iq. Library of Arabic Literature. New York: NYU Press, 2022, 99 pp.

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Mysticism and Ethics in Islam
A collection of articles on the relationship between Sufism and ethics edited by Bilal Orfali, Atif Khalil, and Mohammed Rustom. Sheikh Zayed Series for Arabic and Islamic Texts and Studies. Beirut: American University of Beirut Press, 2022, pp.

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Journal of Sufi Studies: A Special Issue on Sufi Texts in Translation
Translations and studies of a wide variety of Sufi texts guest-edited by Amer Latif, Alexandre Papas, and Mohammed Rustom. Volume 10, nos.1-2, 2021.

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The Condemnation of Pride and Self-Admiration
A translation of Abu Hamid al-Ghazali’s Kitab dhamm al-kibr wa’l-‘ujb: Book XXIX of The Revival of the Religious Sciences. Al-Ghazali Series. Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 2018, xxxvi + 190 pp.

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The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary
A new translation of the Quran, along with a full running commentary and fifteen thematic essays, edited by Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Editor-in-Chief), Caner Dagli, Maria Dakake, Joseph Lumbard (General Editors), and Mohammed Rustom (Assistant Editor). New York: HarperOne, 2015, lix + 1988 pp. + maps.

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Sufi Metafizgi
Sufi Metafiziği

A collection of eight previously-published articles on the theme of Sufi metaphysics (with a new preface) translated into Turkish by Kadir Filiz. Istanbul: Nefes, 2014, 160 pp.

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The Triumph of Mercy
The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mulla Sadra
A study of Mulla Sadra’s commentary upon the Quran’s opening chapter (Tafsir Surat al-Fatiha). Albany: SUNY Press, 2012, xii + 243 pp.

Winner of Iran’s 21st International Book of the Year Prize

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In Search of the Lost Heart
In Search of the Lost Heart: Explorations in Islamic Thought
An anthology of William C. Chittick’s writings edited by Mohammed Rustom, Atif Khalil, and Kazuyo Murata. Albany: SUNY Press, 2012, xiv + 397 pp.

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Journal of Islamic Philosophy 6 (2010). Special Issue on Mulla Sadra
Journal of Islamic Philosophy: A Special Issue on Mulla Sadra

A guest-edited collection of articles and reviews on the thought of Mulla Sadra. Volume 6, 2010, 145 pp.

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A Sourcebook in Global Philosophy
An anthology of nearly one hundred thematically arranged non-Western philosophical texts from seventeen different languages. Foreword by Roger T. Ames. Global Philosophy Series. Sheffield: Equinox, in press.