Mohammed Rustom

Canadian Islamic scholar

Mohammed Rustom

Born	Mohammed Rustom August 21, 1980 Toronto, Canada
Nationality	Canadian

Academic background
Alma mater	University of Toronto
Influences	Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Michael Elias Marmura, William Chittick
Academic work
Notable works	Inrushes of the Heart: The Sufi Philosophy of 'Ayn al-Qudat

Website	www.mohammedrustom.com

Mohammed Rustom (born 1980) is Full Professor of Islamic thought and global philosophy at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada and Director of the Carleton Centre for the Study of Islam.^[1] An internationally recognized scholar and philosopher whose works have been translated into a dozen languages, his research interests include Arabic and Persian Sufi literature, Islamic philosophy, Qur’anic exegesis, translation theory, and cross-cultural philosophy.^[2]

Biography

Rustom was born in 1980 in Toronto, Canada in a Muslim family and grew up in Richmond Hill, Ontario.^[3] His family came to Canada in the 1970s from Tanzania and are ethnically Khojas with roots in Karachi. He obtained degrees in the humanities and graduated from the University of Toronto in 2004 with an Hon. BA in Islamic studies (focusing on Arabic and Persian) and philosophy, and earned his PhD in Islamic philosophy and Sufi literature from the University of Toronto in 2009. He then took up a position at Carleton University, ^[1] and also served as a Senior Research Fellow at the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute from 2017-2020.^[3]

Works

Journal of Islamic Philosophy: A Special Issue on Mulla Sadra (2010)
The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mulla Sadra (SUNY Press, 2012) (Winner of Iran's 21st International Book of the Year Prize)^[4]
In Search of the Lost Heart: Explorations in Islamic Thought (co-ed.) (SUNY Press, 2012)
Sufi Metafiziği (Nefes, 2014)
The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary (assistant ed.) (HarperOne, 2015)
The Condemnation of Pride and Self-Admiration (Islamic Texts Society, 2018)^[5]
Mysticism and Ethics in Islam (co-ed.) (AUB Press, 2022)
Journal of Sufi Studies: Special Issue on Sufi Texts in Translation (co-ed.) (Brill, 2022)
The Essence of Reality: A Defense of Philosophical Sufism (NYU Press, 2022)
Islamic Thought and the Art of Translation: Texts and Studies in Honor of William C. Chittick and Sachiko Murata (Brill, 2023)
From the Divine to the Human: Contemporary Islamic Thinkers on Evil, Suffering, and the Global Pandemic (co-ed.) (Routledge, 2023)
Inrushes of the Heart: The Sufi Philosophy of 'Ayn al-Qudat (SUNY Press, 2023)
A Sourcebook in Global Philosophy (Equinox, 2025)

References

^ ^a ^b "The Study Quran provides a baseline for understanding Islam". Ottawa Citizen. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
^ * Rustom, Mohammed (2020-07-09). "Author Detail". Renovatio. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
^ ^a ^b Rustom, Mohammed (2018). "Neo-Orientalism and the Study of Islamic Philosophy: An Interview with Professor Mohammed Rustom". Journal of Islamic and Muslim Studies. 3 (1). Indiana University Press: 112. doi:10.2979/jims.3.1.11. ISSN 2470-7066.
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Reviews of The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mulla Sadra:
- Shaker, Anthony F. (2015). "The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mullā Ṣadrā". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 25 (3). Cambridge University Press (CUP): 509–511. doi:10.1017/s1356186315000061. ISSN 1356-1863.
- Rose, Deighton (2013). "The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mullā Ṣadrā". Islamic Science. 11 (2). Center for Islam and Science: 161–164. ISSN 1929-9443.
- Faruque, Muhammad U. (2014). "Book review: The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mullā Ṣadrā". Journal of Sufi Studies. 3 (2). Brill: 228–230. doi:10.1163/22105956-12341272. ISSN 2210-5948.
- Meisami, Sayeh, "Review: 'The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mullā Ṣadrā'" (2014). Philosophy Faculty Publications.
- Burrell, David B. (2013). "The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mulla Sadra". Modern Theology. 29 (3): 413–416. doi:10.1111/moth.12046. ISSN 0266-7177.
- Ali, Mukhtar H. (2014). "The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mullā Ṣadrā". American Journal of Islam and Society. 31 (4): 136–139. doi:10.35632/ajis.v31i4.1078. ISSN 2690-3741.
- Belhaj, Abdessamad (2013). "The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mullā Ṣadrā by Mohammed Rustom". Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies. 6 (3): 363–365. doi:10.1353/isl.2013.0027. ISSN 2051-557X.
- Taleb, Ramzi (2016). "The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mullā Ṣadrā". Studia Islamica. 111 (1): 149–152.
- Kaukua, Jari (2013). "The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mullā Ṣadrā". Journal of Islamic Studies. 24 (3): 363–366.
- Adamson, Peter (2012). "The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mullā Ṣadrā". Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft. 164 (3): 833–835.
- Eshots, Janis (2015). "The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mullā Ṣadrā". Philosophy East and West. 65 (1): 328–330.
- Casewit, Yousef (2014). "The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mulla Sadra". Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations. 25 (3): 399–401. doi:10.1080/09596410.2014.886374. ISSN 0959-6410.
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Reviews of The Condemnation of Pride and Self-Admiration:
- Qureshi, Jawad Anwar (2019). "Al-Ghazali on the Condemnation of Pride and Self-Admiration". Journal of Islamic and Muslim Studies. 4 (1). Indiana University Press: 107–111. ISSN 2470-7074.
- Burrell, David B. (2019). "Al‐Ghazali on Condemnation of Pride and Self‐Admiration (Book XXIX of The Revival of the Religious Sciences [Ihya' Ulum al‐Din])". The Muslim World. 109 (3): 466–466. doi:10.1111/muwo.12302. ISSN 0027-4909.