Saeid Eghbal Sobhani

Home: Work: Flat 0/2, 5 Grandtully Drive Al-Huda Islamic Centre Glasgow, G12 0DP 65 Albert Road, Glasgow, G42 8DP Telephone: 0141 561 2758 Telephone: 141 423 3836 Mobile: 0793 279 6527 Email: [email protected] Education

2006 - 2009 MA, Inter-faith Relation, University of Glasgow Title of dissertation: The Finality of Prophet Muhammad Key modules: 1- Inter-faith Relations 2- Approach to Religious Pluralism 3- 1slamic Intellectual Tradition

1992 - 2002 Post-doctoral level course (K harej), Theological School (Seminary of Qom) I attended the post-doctoral level course (K harej) taught by the great Ayatullah Jaf’far Sobhani.

1984 - 1992 BA, Islamic Studies, Theological School (Seminary of Qom) Key modules: literature, logic, Islamic philosophy, Koranic sciences, interpretation of the Koran, heresiography ( Melal va Nehal ), the knowledge of the identity and reliability of transmitters ( Elm Rejul ), analysis of Scripture ( Elm Deruyeh), , Islamic Jurisprudence (Feqh ) and theoretical jurisprudence ( elm Osool ) Researches

1-The Finality of Prophet Mohammad. This research aims to prove the finality of Prophet Muhammad through the Koran and . This study argues some questions such as: why did prophet hood come to an end? How can we put together the idea of prophetic finality, the unchangeability of Shari’ah and ’s response to human being’s changing needs and conditions?

2-Pluralism This essay tries to find the best way of comprehending and explaining the diversity of . What is the philosophy of diversity of religions? Is there only one true religion? Or are all religions true in some way or another? Can people reach the truth and salvation through all these religions or is it obtained by following one of them only? These are some questions which are answered in the eyes of researcher.

3-A comparative study of Christology and Trinity in Christianity and Islam. Christianity and Islam are among the greatest and most popular Abrahamic religions. Scholars from both traditions have tried to understand and explain the other tradition in terms of their own theological thinking. Among the most controversial points are Christological debates, which involve understanding of the nature of Christ, especially with regards to His relationship to and the unity of God. This essay aims comparatively to discuss the different representations of Christ in Christianity and Islam especially with regard to the ideas of divine unity and Trinity.

1 4-The Prophet Mohammad and his ; A critical essay of Ali Dashti’s view. In the eyes of Muslims, the Koran is the eternal of the prophet Muhammad. But a question may be raised as to whether the prophet’s miracle was limited to the Koran or whether he produced other miracles. Ali Dashti (d.1982) believes that the Muslims would find no report of a miracle [by the Prophet] in the Koran. He added that whenever the Prophet was asked to perform a miracle, he either was silent or said that he would not perform because he was a human being like others. The burden of this essay will be an argument against such claim. According to some Koranic verses and genuine narrations, the Prophet Muhammad had his own miracles including, but not limited to, the Koran. Teaching Experiences

1996-2002 Islamic Jurisprudence, Theological School, (Seminary of Qom) 1989-1996 Arabic Grammar, Theological School, (Seminary of Qom) Publications Books 1- Sobhani, Saeid. 1997. Epistemology . Qom: Imam Sadeq Institute 2- Sobhani, Saeid. 1999. The principle of no Harm ( Quedheh La Zarar ) . Qom: Imam Sadeq Institute

Edition Sobhani, Saeid. 1998. Predestination and . Qom: Imam Sadeq Institute Work Experiences

2002-Now Minster of religion, Al-hoda Islamic centre, Glasgow 1987-2002 Minster of religion, Theological School, Qom Field of Interests Hermeneutics, Pluralism, Philosophy of Religion.

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