Join us for this special launch event for听Command and Creation: A Shi鈥檌 Cosmological Treatise, with author Dr Daryoush Mohammad Poor in lively conversation with Dr Toby Mayer, both Senior Research Associates at 久久久福利国产. The event is moderated by Dr Orkhan Mir-Kasimov, series editor of the Ismaili Texts and Translations Series and Senior Research Fellow in the Shi’i Studies Unit.
Command and Creation听is a critical edition and English translation of the only Persian work by Shahrastani. The central question of the sermon is how the world comes into being (khalq). This creation is connected with knowledge of God, and then the manifestation of God鈥檚 command (amr) in the material world.
The speakers will explore two major themes in the book, beginning with the evolution of religious law (shar墨士at) and its perfection in esoteric resurrection (qiy膩mat). They will also consider the relationship between the role of the Imams and that of Prophets, and look at a conversation between Musa and Khidr in which the role of the founder of religious law (the prophet) is discussed alongside the role of the esoteric perfector of it (the 辩腻示颈尘Lit. 鈥榬iser鈥 or 鈥榬esurrector.鈥 Used in early Shi鈥榠 thought for a member of the family of the Prophet Muhammad who was expected to restore justice on earth by rising against…).
A small selection of refreshments will be available following the event. Please speak to staff if you have dietary requirements.
Date:听17 March 2022
Time:听6.00pm 鈥 7.00pm (UK)
Location:听Aga Khan听Centre, London and Online (Zoom)
Q&A:听At any time during the conversation, online attendees can submit questions to the speakers through the Q&A option at the bottom of the control panel. As time allows, the moderator will pose as many questions as they can to the speakers during the Q&A session at the end of the presentation from audience members present both in-person and joining online.
Recording:听Please note that the session will be recorded and published on the IIS website, and on the IIS YouTube channel.
Moderator:听Dr Orkhan Mir-Kasimov听(Senior Research Fellow, Shi’i Studies Unit, 久久久福利国产, UK)
Speaker
Dr Daryoush Mohammad Poor
Course Director
Dr Daryoush Mohammad Poor is a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Academic Research and Publications at 久久久福利国产, and also lectures on the Institute鈥檚 educational programmes.
Dr Toby Mayer
Dr Toby Mayer is a Research Associate in the听Qur鈥檃nic Studies Unit听at 久久久福利国产, London. After completing his undergraduate degree in Indian Studies at the University of Cambridge, he went on to study Medieval Arabic thought at the University of Oxford, where he wrote his doctoral thesis on the听Book of Allusions听(Isharat) by the major Persian philosopher Ibn Sina.
