โModern science looks at the human being as an animal, as a creature, and the soul or the mind as a function of the body. But we look at it the other way around.โ
๐๏ธ Medicine and the Sacred in Islam | FALL 2025
๐๏ธ Tokat Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies (TIAIS)
๐๏ธ Prof. Mukhtar Ali
๐ฃ๏ธ English
๐ฅ https://t.co/FnW8Nj1lRP
#TokatInstitute #TIAIS #MukhtarAli #IslamicPhilosophy #SacredMedicine #MindAndBody #IslamicStudies #PhilosophyOfMind
โWhen he was studying attitudes in the West about Muslims and Arabs, there was an uncanny similarity to the way Jews were represented in medieval Europe.โ
๐๏ธ The Vision of Islam | FALL 2026
๐๏ธ Tokat Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies (TIAIS)
๐๏ธ Prof. Atif Khalil
๐ฃ๏ธ English
๐ฅ https://t.co/HQMAaOv6AC
#TokatInstitute #TIAIS #AtifKhalil #Orientalism #IslamicStudies #EdwardSaid #MedievalEurope #ComparativeReligion
"We mistake the model for realityโthat is what is happening. That is the issue behind all of these grandiose statements."
๐๏ธ Islam, AI, and the Future of Humanity | SPRING 2026
๐๏ธ Tokat Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies (TIAIS)
๐๏ธ Prof. Muhammad Faruque
๐ฃ๏ธ English
๐ฅ https://t.co/wOJ03P4IeA
#TokatInstitute #TIAIS #MuhammadFaruque #PhilosophyOfAI #Epistemology #Representation #Consciousness #AIPhilosophy
So in life, you'll find that the choices you make when you're younger somehow correspond to things you'll discover about yourself later on. It just takes time.*
๐๏ธ Inrushes of the Heart: An Introduction to สฟAyn al-Quแธฤt | FALL 2025
๐๏ธ Tokat Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies (TIAIS)
๐๏ธ Professor Mohammed Rustom
๐ฃ๏ธ English
๐ฅ https://t.co/zY5CEahM9u
#TokatInstitute #TIAIS #MohammedRustom #SelfKnowledge #IslamicPhilosophy #SpiritualDevelopment #AynAlQudat #IntellectualTradition
All translation sacrifices meaning, including the literal ones. In fact, if anything, I would say the literal ones do a lot more damage to the overall experience. *
๐๏ธ Rhymeโs Reason: Translating the Qurโanโs (Most) Important Features | FALL 2025
๐๏ธ Tokat Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies (TIAIS)
๐๏ธ Prof. Shawkat M. Toorawa
๐ฃ๏ธ English
๐ฅ https://t.co/YAO6qlryIy
#TokatInstitute #TIAIS #ShawkatToorawa #QuranTranslation #TranslationStudies #QuranicStudies #Hermeneutics
โDoes the Qurโan talk about wujลซd? Yes, all the time โ but not as a noun, as a verb.โ
๐๏ธ The Path of Muhammadan Love | SPRING 2026
๐๏ธ Tokat Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies (TIAIS)
๐๏ธ Prof. William C. Chittick
๐ฃ๏ธ English
๐ฅ https://t.co/tOX0qfhn3P
#TokatInstitute#TIAIS #WilliamChittick #Wujud #QuranicStudies #IslamicMetaphysics #Sufism #Farghani
๐๏ธ Islam, AI, and the Future of Humanity | SPRING 2026
๐๏ธ Tokat Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies (TIAIS)
๐๏ธ Professor Muhammad Faruque
๐ฃ๏ธ Language: English
๐ฅ https://t.co/wOJ03P4IeA
#TokatInstitute#TIAIS#MuhammadFaruque#AI#Consciousness#Knowledge#Philosophy #Epistemology #Awareness
We project onto the world the state of the self.*
๐๏ธ The Vision of Islam | FALL 2026
๐๏ธ Tokat Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies (TIAIS)
๐๏ธ Professor Atif Khalil
๐ฃ๏ธ English
๐ฅ https://t.co/HQMAaOv6AC
#TokatInstitute#TIAIS#AtifKhalil#SelfKnowledge#Perception #PhilosophyOfReligion
๐๏ธ Rhymeโs Reason: Translating the Qurโanโs (Most) Important Features | FALL 2025
๐๏ธ Tokat Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies (TIAIS)
๐๏ธ Prof. Shawkat M. Toorawa
๐ฃ๏ธ Language: English
๐ฅ https://t.co/YAO6qlryIy
#TokatInstitute#TIAIS#ShawkatMToorawa#QuranTranslation#Quran #TranslationTheory #IslamicStudies #LiteralTranslation #QuranStudies #Arabic #WorldLiterature #Tafsir
"Do you need evidence or concepts to know that you are tired right now? Itโs obvious. But how is that not knowledge that youโre tired now? Of course it is."
๐๏ธ Islam, AI, and the Future of Humanity | SPRING 2026
๐๏ธ Tokat Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies (TIAIS)
๐๏ธ Prof. Muhammad Faruque
๐ฃ๏ธ English
๐ฅ https://t.co/wOJ03P4IeA
#TokatInstitute #TIAIS #MuhammadFaruque #Epistemology #SelfKnowledge #PhilosophyOfMind #Consciousness #IslamicPhilosophy
This was done through a process of self-definition by exclusion, where you come to understand who you are by what you think you are not.
๐๏ธ The Vision of Islam | FALL 2026
๐๏ธ Tokat Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies (TIAIS)
๐๏ธ Professor Atif Khalil
๐ฃ๏ธ English
๐ฅ https://t.co/HQMAaOv6AC
#TokatInstitute #TIAIS #AtifKhalil #SelfIdentity #Hermeneutics #IslamicStudies #Philosophy #IntellectualHistory
The Islamic Studies Toolkit: Graduate School, Publishing, Conferences, and Career Strategies with Mohammed Rustom
As part of the 2026 Spring Lecture Series at TIAIS, this session offers a focused look at navigating the field of Islamic Studies, from graduate admissions to publishing, conferences, and long-term academic and professional pathways.
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026
12:00 PM (EST)
5:00 PM (UK)
7:00 PM (Turkey)
9:00 PM (Pakistan)
Join us for a practical and candid discussion on building a meaningful trajectory in the discipline.
Registration at https://t.co/UiqBSe5cIp
#IslamicStudies #GraduateSchool #CareerStrategy #Education #AcademicLife
There is a dimension of Islam as a religion that pertains to the realm of the body, a dimension that pertains to the realm of the mind, and a dimension that pertains to the realm of the soul or the heart.*
๐๏ธ The Vision of Islam | FALL 2026
๐๏ธ Tokat Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies (TIAIS)
๐๏ธ Prof. Atif Khalil
๐ฃ๏ธ English
๐ฅ https://t.co/HQMAaOv6AC
#TokatInstitute #TIAIS #AtifKhalil #IslamicStudies #PhilosophyOfReligion #IslamicThought #Sufism #Epistemology #Anthropology
๐๏ธ The Vision of Islam | FALL 2026
๐๏ธ Tokat Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies (TIAIS)
๐๏ธ Professor Atif Khalil
๐ฃ๏ธ English
๐ฅ https://t.co/QM4LmiYt3g
"The thing that can make the whole being sound is by changing the nature of the heart."
๐๏ธ What is โIslamicโ about Islamic Psychology? | FALL 2025
๐๏ธ Tokat Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies (TIAIS)
๐๏ธ Dr. Abdallah Rothman
๐ฃ๏ธ English
๐ฅ https://t.co/ifm14i11dP
#TokatInstitute #TIAIS #AbdallahRothman #IslamicPsychology #Heart #InnerTransformation #SpiritualPsychology
In the most prominent context for poetry among early Sufis listening to music, both the emotional affect and the interpretation were located in the listener, not the poet.*
๐๏ธ Modern Misreadings of Mystical Commentaries on Hafez | FALL 2025
๐๏ธ Tokat Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies (TIAIS)
๐๏ธ Professor Carl W. Ernst
๐ฃ๏ธ English
๐ฅ https://t.co/Mo3pxBn1nM
#TokatInstitute #TIAIS #CarlWErnst #Hafez #Sufism #Hermeneutics #IslamicStudies #Poetry