As part of the Ismaili Studies Conference taking place at the University of Chicago, Khalil Andani will be presenting his paper titled “From Divine Word to Prophetic Word: Revelation in the Thought of Nasir-i Khusraw.”
This presentation will discuss how Nasir-i Khusraw, an 11th century Ismaili Muslim da’i, philosopher and poet understood the process in which the Word of God is inspired and revealed to the Prophet Muhammad and takes on the form of Arabic words and phrases.
Unlike traditional and popular ideas of revelation where the Prophet is a passive recipient of the Qur’an which is verbally dictated to him, in Nasir’s Ismaili model of revelation, the Prophet Muhammad plays an active role in receiving spiritual inspiration and then expressing it in the form of symbols and parables in eloquent Arabic.
Khalil’s presentation is part of a panel on Ismaili thought at Ismaili Studies Conference.
More information on the Conference is available here
ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Khalil Andani is a doctoral (Ph.D) candidate specializing in Islamic intellectual history, theology, philosophy, and mysticism at Harvard University and holds a Master of Theological Studies degree (2014), specializing in Islamic philosophy and Ismaili thought, from Harvard University. Khalil’s publications include a book chapter on Nasir-i Khusraw’s philosophical thought in the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Islamic Philosophy and articles in Sacred Web, and The Matheson Trust. He is also a Chartered Professional Accountant (CA-CPA) and completed Bachelor of Mathematics (BMath) and Master of Accounting degrees at the University of Waterloo (2008). Over the last few years, Khalil has been invited to deliver several guest lectures and conference presentations on various topics in Islamic philosophy, theology and mysticism at Harvard University (SCT 2013, HDS 2014), University of Toronto (Shia Ismaili Islam, Christology Symposium, NMCGSA 2013, NMCGSA 2014), University of Chicago (MEHAT 2013, MEHAT 2014), Carleton University, the American Academy of Religion (Midwest AAR 2014, NEMAAR 2014), the Middle East Studies Association 2013 and 2014. He can be contacted at Khalil_Andani@mail.harvard.edu.
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Calligraphy in the poster, courtesy Nina Jaffer at amaana.org
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