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Muhammad U. Faruque

2 papers in the library · publishing 2023-2025

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Beyond Technical Fixes: Sufism, Contemplation, and Climate Change as Human Predicament

Journal of Contemplative Studies July 23, 2025 Muhammad U. Faruque

Building on the works of the Sufi philosopher Seyyed Hossein Nasr and the German sociologist Hartmut Rosa, this article argues that the climate crisis signals a deeper spiritual and existential crisis beyond technological solutions and carbon reduction strategies. Departing from conventional problem-solution narratives, it frames climate change as a crisis of human self-understanding and our...

DOI: 10.57010/wkjq8652 (opens in new tab) Sufism Ecological consciousness Climate change Resonance

Life after life: Mullā Ṣadrā on death and immortality

Religious Studies May 12, 2023 Muhammad U. Faruque

Abstract The purpose of this article is twofold: first, I will reconstruct Mullā Ṣadrā's complex arguments for the soul's immortality based on its immaterial nature. Second and finally, I will briefly probe and assess various epistemological and metaphysical objections against Ṣadrā's immaterialist conception of the soul. Ṣadrā contends that our bodily death marks an awakening to the reality of...