Mohammed Rustom is Professor of Islamic Thought at Carleton University and Executive Director of the Tokat Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies. An internationally recognized scholar and philosopher whose writings have been translated into over ten languages, Professor Rustom has published more than fifteen books and one hundred articles in the fields of Islamic philosophy, Arabic and Persian Sufi literature, Quranic studies, contemporary Islamic thought, translation theory, and cross-cultural philosophy. His more recent works include Islamic Thought and the Art of Translation (2022), The Essence of Reality (2023), Inrushes of the Heart: The Sufi Philosophy of ʿAyn al-Quḍāt (2023), and A Sourcebook in Global Philosophy (2025).
