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.لا شىء أمنع جانبا من العلم، وذلك أنّه لا يعطيك بعضه حتّى تعطيه كلّك
.هيچ چيز منع جانبتر از علم نبود، چه علم بعضى از خود به تو ندهد تا تو همه خود به او ندهى
“There is nothing more elusive than knowledge,
for knowledge does not give you aught of itself unless you give it all of yourself.”
~ Akhlaq-i Muhtashami
Knowledge: An Elusive Pursuit
The title of “Distinguished Professor,” awarded to less than 3% of faculty members, was bestowed on Professor Virani for his research on Sufism, Ithna-‘ashari and Ismaili Shiism, Quranic studies, Islamic history and philosophy, and Muslim literatures in Arabic, Persian and South Asian languages. His publications include books, a documentary film, multimedia productions, a registered invention, a proposal to the Unicode Consortium, entries in the Encyclopaedia of Islam and the Encyclopaedia of Religion and numerous peer reviewed articles. This research has been translated into over 20 languages, and has received awards and recognition from the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the Middle East Studies Association, the Foundation for Iranian Studies, Farabi International, the British Society for Middle East Studies, and two Iranian presidents. He has received over six million dollars in monetary awards and grants, including competitive research awards, pedagogical grants, collaborative grants, and others.
Books and Edited Volumes
The Ismailis in the Middle Ages: A History of Survival, A Search for Salvation
“None of that people should be spared, not even the babe in its cradle.” With these chilling words, the Mongol warlord Genghis Khan declared his intention to destroy the Ismailis, one of the most intellectually and politically significant Muslim communities of medieval Islamdom. The massacres that followed convinced observers that this powerful voice of Shiʿi Islam had been forever silenced. Little was heard of these people for centuries, until their recent and dramatic emergence from obscurity. Today they exist as a dynamic and thriving community spread throughout the world. Yet, the interval between what appeared to have been their total annihilation, and their modern, seemingly phoenix-like renaissance, has remained shrouded in mystery.
The Madrasa Early Childhood Programme: 25 Years of Experience
Speaking Truth Beyond the Tower
Other Publications
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Khayrkhvāh-i Harātī
Hierohistory in Qāḍī l-Nuʿmān’s Foundation of Symbolic Interpretation (Asās al-Taʾwīl): The Birth of Jesus
Spring’s Equinox: Nawrūz in Ismaili Thought
Early Nizari Ismailism: A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of Khwajah Qasim Tushtari’s Recognizing God
Persian Poetry, Sufism and Ismailism: The Testimony of Khwajah Qasim Tushtari’s Recognizing God
Alamut, Ismailism and Khwajah Qasim Tushtari’s Recognizing God
Taqiyya and Identity in a South Asian Community
The Days of Creation in the Thought of Nasir Khusraw
The Right Path: A Post-Mongol Persian Ismaili Treatisee
Symphony of Gnosis: A Self-Definition of the Ismaili Ginan Literature
Introduction: Ginans with English Translation and Glossary, Volume 9
The Dear One of Nasaf: Aziz Nasafi’s ‘Epistle on Love’
The Eagle Returns: Evidence of Continued Isma’ili Activity at Alamut and in the South Caspian Region following the Mongol Conquests
The Book of the Master and the Disciple by Ja‘far ibn Mansur al-Yaman
The Festival of Nawruz in Persian
The Festival of Nawruz in the Ginans
Beloved, Release Me: Pir Hasan Kabir al-Din
Badakhshani Ismaili Literature
A Sun Shone upon my Soul: Abu Ishaq Quhistani
The Fatimid Poets
al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān: The Story of Job, The Foundation of Spiritual Hermeneutics (Asās al-Taʾwīl)
Suneharaa Saal, Expressions of Love: By Abida Parveen and Taufiq Karmali, Volume 1
Suneharaa Saal, Expressions of Love: By Abida Parveen and Taufiq Karmali, Volume 2
Pir Sabzali: Journey to Central Asia
Nasir-i Khusraw: This Old Hag
Husayn: We Cut Off Our Hearts
Ibn Husam Khusfi: The Season of Orisons
Dai Anjudani: The Trusted Spirit
Husayn b. Ya’qub Shah b. Sufi: The Adornment of Assemblies
Khwaja ‘Abd Allah-i Ansari: Wisdom Divine
Pir Sadr al-Din: The Imam’s Herald and The True Guide
Khayrkhwah-i Harati: The Epistle (Risala)
Darwish: Arise
Nur Muhammad Shah: The Perishable Body and The Poverty of Fatima
An Engaged Islamicist: The Internet and Climbing Outside the Tower
Dissemination and the Digital: The Creation of an Academic Book Trailer
Introduction to Speaking Truth Beyond the Tower: Academics of Islam Engaging in the Public Sphere
It’s Not Just Academic – Writing Public Scholarship in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
Climbing the Virtual Minbar of Cyberspace
Speaking Truth Beyond the Tower: Academics of Islam Engaging in the Public Sphere
Maaji by Qudratullah Shahab
Foreword: Prandium – A Second Helping
Ahl al-Bayt
Buzurg-Ummid, Kiya
Teflon Tents in the Desert: The Hajj Terminal as a Neo-Vernacular Response to Architecture’s International Style
Malala Yousafzai and Intercultural Understanding: Reflections from the Delhi Darbar
Review of Oxford English-Urdu Dictionary, by Shanul Haq Haqqee
New Avenues: Interview with Shafique Virani, IIS Visiting Research Fellow
Review of Surviving the Mongols: Nizari Quhistani and the Continuity of Ismaili Tradition in Persia, by Nadia Eboo Jamal
Review of The Ardent Pilgrim: An Introduction to the Life and Work of Mohammed Iqbal, by Iqbal Singh
Nelson Mandela, Historical Studies, the Past and the Future
Review of Walāyah in the Fātimid Ismāʿīlī Tradition, by Elizabeth R. Alexandrin
Web Pedagogies and the Urdu-Hindi Program at Harvard University
Review of Paradise of Submission: A Medieval Treatise on Ismaili Thought; A New Persian Edition and English Translation of Nasir al-Din Tusi’s Rawda-yi taslim, by Seyyed Jalal Hosseini Badakchani
Education, Historical Studies, and Changing the World
Innovative Teaching at its Finest
Albanian (SHQIPJA)
I shtrenjti i Nesefit: Trajtesa mbi dashurinë e ʿAzīz Nesefīut
Simfonia e Gnosës: Një vetërrëfim i traditës gināne tek ismailitët
Bengali (বাংলা)
দক্ষিণ এশিয়ার একটি সম্প্রদায়ের তাকিয়া ও ধর্মীয় পরিচিতি প্রসঙ্গে
মারিফাত জ্ঞানের ঐকতান : ইসমাইলী “গিনান” ঐতিহ্যের আত্ম-সংজ্ঞা
Persian (فارسی/دری)
ﻗﺴﻤﺖﻫﺎﯾﯽ از ﺳﻔﺮﻧﺎﻣﻪ ﭘﯿﺮ ﺳﺒﺰﻋﻠﯽ ﺑﻪ آﺳﯿﺎی ﻣﯿﺎنه
روز سَبْت و حدود دین در اندیشه حکیم ناصر خسرو
اسماعیلیان در الموت و جنوب ناحیه دریای مازندران پس از فتوحات مغول
Russian (РУССКИЙ)
Симфония гнозиса: самоопределение исмаилитской традиции гинана
Дни творения в мысли Насира Хусрава
Такийя и самобытность в южноазиатской общине
Serbian (СРПСКИ)
Dani stvaranja prema tumačenju Nāsira Hosrova
Tajik (ТОЧИК)
Рӯзҳои офариниш дар андешаи Носири Хусрав
Turkish (TÜRKÇE)
Bilginin Dağıtımı ve Dijitalleşme: Akademik Bir Kitap Fragmanı Oluşturma
Urdu (اردو)
