Rhyme’s Reason: Translating the Qur’an’s (Most) Important Features
Translating the Qur’an’s (Most) Important Features
A working command of the vocabulary of Islamic metaphysics — wujūd, māhiyya, the gradation of being — used precisely, not loosely.
The capacity to read primary texts of Ibn Sīnā and Mullā Ṣadrā with comprehension rather than reverence alone.
An understanding of why the tradition treats metaphysics as the science of realities — and what that claim asks of the knower.
Direct exchange with Professor Nasr in open Q&A after every session — the part no book can replace.
Shawkat M. Toorawa is one of the leading contemporary scholars of Arabic literature and Qur’anic studies. His research spans classical Arabic literary culture, Abbasid intellectual history, the Qur’an, translation, comparative literature, and Indian Ocean studies. Renowned for his wide-ranging scholarship and literary sensibility, Professor Toorawa has illuminated the rich writerly traditions of the Arabic-speaking world while helping bring classical and modern Arabic texts to broader audiences through translation, editing, and public scholarship.
