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Hamza Yusuf – Foundations of Islam Series: Articles of Faith

Hamza YusufOctober 2, 201182 min0 comments

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Comparative Religion Tawheed Articles of Faith Nafs & Self-Purification Aqeedah Spirituality Quran Islamic Philosophy

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Hamza Yusuf – Foundations of Islam Series: How the Qur’an Was Revealed and Compiled

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In this lecture from the Foundations of Islam series, Hamza Yusuf offers a rich and wide-ranging exploration of the Islamic Articles of Faith (Arkan al-Iman), unpacking the deeper meanings of belief in Allah, the angels, the books, the messengers, and divine decree. Drawing on Arabic linguistics, Western philosophy, Sufi psychology, and comparative religion, he illuminates concepts such as the root meaning of Iman, the transcendence and imminence of God, the levels of the nafs, and the nature of kufr as concealment rather than disbelief.

Shaykh Hamza Yusuf is one of the most influential Islamic scholars in the Western world. Born Mark Hanson in Washington State in 1958, he embraced Islam in 1977 and spent over a decade studying the traditional Islamic sciences in the UAE, Algeria, Morocco, and Mauritania, most notably under the Mauritanian sage Murabit al-Hajj. He is the co-founder and president of Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California — the first accredited Muslim liberal arts college in the United States — and has translated numerous classical texts, including "The Creed of Imam al-Tahawi" and "Purification of the Heart." His lectures on spirituality, classical scholarship, and the crisis of modernity have shaped a generation of Western Muslims.

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