Mukhtar Ali is Associate Professor of Islamic studies, specializing in Sufism, philosophy, and ethics. His research explores Islamic theories of knowledge—reason, revelation, and mystical experience—while engaging broader questions in epistemology and religious thought. He is the author of Philosophical Sufism: An Introduction to the School of Ibn al-ʿArabī, and his forthcoming book, Inscriptions of Wisdom, examines the Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam through the lens of Jāmī’s commentary. Alongside his work in Islamic studies, Professor Ali is also a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine.