Mohammed Rustom (Ph.D. University of Toronto) is Professor of Islamic Thought at Carleton University and Executive Director of the Tokat Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies. He has been the recipient of a number of academic distinctions and awards such as the Ibn ‘Arabi Society Latina’s Tarjuman Prize, a Templeton Foundation Global Philosophy of Religion grant, the IIS Annemarie Schimmel Fellowship, Iran’s World Prize for the Book of the Year, and Senior Fellowships courtesy of the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute’s Library of Arabic Literature and Humanities Research Fellowship programs.
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. He is author of The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mullā Ṣadrā (SUNY Press, 2012), co-editor of The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary (HarperOne, 2015), and translator of Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī, The Condemnation of Pride and Self-Admiration (Islamic Texts Society, 2018; 2nd edition, 2024).
Dr. Rustom’s more recent works include Islamic Thought and the Art of Translation (Brill, 2022), The Essence of Reality (NYU Press, 2023), Inrushes of the Heart: The Sufi Philosophy of ʿAyn al-Quḍāt (SUNY Press, 2023), and A Sourcebook in Global Philosophy (Equinox, 2025).
Professor Rustom is also Editor-in-Chief of Studies in Islamic Thought (Brill), Editor-in-Chief of Islamic Intellectual Traditions (Brill), Co-Editor of Brill’s Islamic History and Civilization book series, Editor of Equinox’s Global Philosophy series, and General Editor of the Tokat Library of Islamic Classics (Fons Vitae).
