Mohammad Mahdi Gorjian Arabi

Professor, Baqir al-Ulum University, Faculty of Philosophy and Ethics, Department of Philosophy and Theology

Books

1. Human’s Relationship with God

   • Authors: Mohammad Mahdi Gorjian, Reza Azarian
   • Editor: Mohammad Naqavian
   • Publisher: Telavat – 2019

2. Human’s Relationship with the Universe

   • Authors: Mohammad Mahdi Gorjian, Mojtaba Afsharpoor
   • Editor: Mohammad Naqavian
   • Publisher: Telavat (affiliated with the Dar al-Quran al-Karim Organization) – 2019

3. Human’s Relationship with Other Humans

   • Authors: Mohammad Mahdi Gorjian, Khadijeh Hashemi
   • Editor: Mohammad Naqavian
   • Publisher: Telavat (affiliated with the Dar al-Quran al-Karim Organization) – 2019

4. Human’s Relationship with the Quran and Ahl al-Bayt (AS)

   • Authors: Mohammad Mahdi Gorjian, Javad Jafarian
   • Publisher: Telavat – 2019

5. Divine Decree and Destiny, Determinism, and Free Will: Including the Translation of Three Treatises by Avicenna

   • Author: Mohammad Mahdi Gorjian
   • Publisher: Qom Seminary, Islamic Propagation Office, Publication Center – 1995

6. A Mystical Interpretation of the Tragedy of Karbala

   • Authors: Mohammad Ali Akbarzadeh Gardroud Bari, Mohammad Mahdi Gorjian, Ali Fazli
   • Publisher: –

Theses

1. Man as the Supreme Likeness of God: A Descriptive Analysis Based on Sadrian Wisdom and Thomistic Philosophy

   • Author: Mojtaba Afsharpoor
   • Supervisor: Mohammad Mahdi Gorjian
   • First Advisor: Mohsen Qomi
   • Institution: Baqir al-Ulum University – 2018 [PhD]

2. A Comparative and Critical Analysis of the Reality of Reason and Its Epistemic Implications from the Perspective of Ibn Arabi and Mulla Sadra

   • Author: Mahdi Babaei Almoshiri
   • Supervisor: Mohammad Mahdi Gorjian
   • First Advisor: Hassan Moallemi
   • Institution: Baqir al-Ulum University – 2018 [PhD]

3. A Comparative Study of the Imaginal Realm and the Intermediary World in the Views of Mulla Sadra and Allama Majlisi

   • Author: Sahar Khiabani
   • Supervisor: Yarali Kord Firouzjai
   • First Advisor: Mohammad Mahdi Gorjian
   • Institution: Baqir al-Ulum University – 2018 [Master’s]

4. An Analytical Examination of the Epistemic and Practical Impact of the System of Divine Names and Attributes on Human Life, with Emphasis on Mulla Sadra’s Views

   • Author: Khadijeh Hashemi
   • Supervisor: Mohammad Mahdi Gorjian
   • First Advisor: Askari Soleimani Amiri
   • Institution: Baqir al-Ulum University – 2017 [PhD]

5. The Infinitude of the Necessary Being and Its Relationship with the Unity of Existence from a Rational and Religious Perspective

   • Author: Javad Jafarian
   • Supervisor: Mohammad Mahdi Gorjian
   • First Advisor: Hassan Moallemi
   • Institution: Baqir al-Ulum University – 2017 [PhD]

6. A Methodological Critique of Contemporary Intellectuals’ Views on Understanding Religion: Soroush and Shabestari

   • Author: Amir Alimoradi
   • Supervisor: Mohammad Mahdi Gorjian
   • First Advisor: Seyyed Ahmad Ghafari
   • Institution: Baqir al-Ulum University – 2017 [Master’s]

7. The Infinitude of the Necessary Being and Its Relationship with the Unity of Existence from a Rational and Religious Perspective

   • Supervisor: Mohammad Mahdi Gorjian Arabi
   • Student: Javad Jafarian
   • Institution: Non-Governmental – Private Higher Education Institutions – Baqir al-Ulum University, Faculty of Philosophy and Ethics – 2017 [PhD]

8. Modeling Monotheistic Ethics in the Holy Quran from the Perspective of Allama Tabatabai

   • Author: Mohammad Abutalebi
   • Supervisor: Mohammad Mahdi Gorjian
   • First Advisor: Hassan Ramazani
   • Institution: Baqir al-Ulum University – 2016 [PhD]

9. The Philosophy of Governmental Jurisprudence with Emphasis on the Views of Imam Khomeini

   • Author: Abbas Ali Meshkani
   • Supervisor: Mohammad Mahdi Gorjian
   • First Advisor: Gholamreza Behrouzi Lak
   • Institution: Baqir al-Ulum University – 2016 [Master’s]

10. The Rational Foundations of the Embodiment of Actions in Transcendental Wisdom

• Author: Sedigheh Shariati Far
• Supervisor: Mohammad Mahdi Gorjian
• First Advisor: Hassan Moallemi
• Second Advisor: Seyyed Mahmoud Mousavi
• Institution: Baqir al-Ulum University – 2016 [PhD]

11. A Critical Review of the Conceptual Argument of Mohaghegh Isfahani for the Existence of God

• Author: Ahmad Shahraabi Farahani
• Supervisor: Mohammad Mahdi Gorjian
• First Advisor: Mohammad Taqi Yousefi
• Institution: Baqir al-Ulum University – 2015 [Master’s]

12. An Examination of the Sadrian Theory of the Substantial Perfection of the Soul and Its Alignment with Quranic Verses and Hadiths

• Author: Masoumeh Esmaeili
• Supervisor: Mohammad Mahdi Gorjian
• First Advisor: Seyyed Mahmoud Mousavi
• Institution: Baqir al-Ulum University – 2015 [PhD]

13. An Analysis of the Concepts of Similarity and Transcendence in Islamic Art, Focusing on Ibn Arabi and Mulla Sadra’s Views on Imagination

• Author: Ahmad Pahlavanian
• Supervisor: Hassan Moallemi
• First Advisor: Mohammad Mahdi Gorjian
• Second Advisor: Seyyed Razi Mousavi Gilani
• Institution: Baqir al-Ulum University – 2015 [PhD]

14. A Comparative Study of Sheikh Ishraq and Fakhr Razi’s Logical Views on Syllogism and Demonstration

• Author: Seyyedeh Ansieh Mousavi Amiri
• Supervisor: Askari Soleimani
• First Advisor: Mohammad Mahdi Gorjian
• Institution: Baqir al-Ulum University – 2015 [Master’s]

15. The Substantial Perfection of the Soul from the Perspective of Mulla Sadra in Light of Quranic Verses and Hadiths

• Supervisor: Mohammad Mahdi Gorjian Arabi
• First Advisor: Seyyed Mahmoud Mousavi
• Student: Masoumeh Esmaeili
• Institution: Non-Governmental – Private Higher Education Institutions – Baqir al-Ulum University, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies – 2015 [PhD]

16. A Comparison of Teleology in Philosophical and Mystical Ethics with an Emphasis on the Views of Avicenna and Ibn Arabi

• Supervisor: Ali Shirvani
• Advisors: Yarali Kord Firouzjai, Mohammad Mahdi Gorjian
• Student: Mohammad Rasoul Roozbeh
• Institution: Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology – Baqir al-Ulum University, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies – 2014 [PhD]

17. The Effects of Belief in God’s Perfect Attributes and Divine Unity on Lifestyle Based on the Works of Ayatollah Javadi Amoli

• Author: Abdolreza Bakhtiarvand
• Supervisor: Mohammad Mahdi Gorjian
• First Advisor: Seyyed Gholamreza Mousavi
• Institution: Baqir al-Ulum University – 2014 [Master’s]

18. An Analysis of the Theory of the Correspondence of Worlds and Its Implications from the Perspective of Mulla Sadra

• Author: Narges Roudgar
• Supervisor: Mohammad Mahdi Gorjian
• First Advisor: Seyyed Mahmoud Mousavi
• Institution: Baqir al-Ulum University – 2014 [PhD]

Journal Articles

1. A Critical Approach to Human Spiritual Perfection from the Perspective of Deepak Chopra Based on the Views of Mulla Sadra

   • Authors: Hamzeh Ali Eslami Nasab*, Mohammad Mehdi Gorjian Arabi, Hamidreza Mazaheri Saif
   • Journal: Pure Life » Year 2022, Volume 9, Issue 29 (Winter 2022)

2. Critique of Kant’s Objections to the Argument from Possibility and Necessity Based on the Foundations of the Avicennian Formulation of This Argument

   • Authors: Hamed Kamijani, Mohammad Mehdi Gorjian Arabi*
   • Journal: Philosophy and Kalam » Year 1402, Volume 3, Issue 5 (Spring & Summer 1402)

3. The Role of Monotheistic Knowledge in the Formation of an Islamic Government (With a Focus on the Teachings of Mulla Sadra)

   • Authors: Mohammad Mehdi Gorjian, Fatemeh Najafi*
   • Journal: Research Journal of Wisdom and Islamic Philosophy » Year 1401, Volume 10, Issue 18 (Spring & Summer 1401)

4. Esoteric Sciences and Their Acquisition from the Perspective of Sayyed Haidar Amoli

   • Authors: Hossein Taghipour*, Mohammad Mehdi Gorjian, Mahdi Bakouei
   • Journal: Research Journal of Wisdom and Islamic Philosophy » Year 1401, Volume 10, Issue 18 (Spring & Summer 1401)

5. Human’s Divine Act Monotheism as the Supreme Example of Divine Act Monotheism in Transcendent Philosophy

   • Authors: Mojtaba Afsharpoor*, Mohammad Mehdi Gorjian
   • Journal: Philosophical-Theological Researches » Year 1401, Volume 24, Issue 4 (Winter 1401)

6. Analysis and Examination of the Challenges and Solutions to the Issue of “Sensory Error” in Islamic Philosophy

   • Authors: Javad Parsaei*, Mohammad Mehdi Gorjian, Hassan Abdi
   • Journal: Teachings of Islamic Philosophy » Year 1401, Volume 17, Issue 1 (Spring & Summer 1401)

7. Analytical Examination of the Initial Conflict Between the Hadith “The World Was but Not Known” and Divine Foreknowledge with an Emphasis on the Thought of Transcendent Philosophy

   • Authors: Mohammad Mehdi Gorjian Arabi*, Mohammad Abbasi
   • Journal: Research Journal of Wisdom and Islamic Philosophy » Year 1400, Volume 9, Issue 16 (Spring & Summer 1400)

8. The Role of Imagination in Human Likeness to God from the Perspective of Allameh Tabataba’i and His Disciples

   • Authors: Mohammad Mehdi Gorjian Arabi*, Roghayeh Yousefi Souteh
   • Journal: Journal of Philosophical Religion Investigations » Year 1400, Volume 1, Issue 1 (Autumn & Winter 1400)

9. The Role of Imagination in Ethical Life from the Perspective of Islamic Mysticism with an Emphasis on Ibn Arabi’s View

   • Authors: Mostafa Mokhtari*, Mohammad Mehdi Gorjian
   • Journal: Revealed Ethics » Year 1400, Volume 11, Issue 1 (Spring & Summer 1400)

10. A New Perspective on the Ontological Reality, Status, and Nature of the Soul in Transcendent Philosophy and Its Implications

    • Authors: Mohammad Mehdi Gorjian*, Mostafa Naqibi Joshani
    • Journal: Research Journal of Wisdom and Islamic Philosophy » Year 1400, Volume 9, Issue 17 (Autumn & Winter 1400)

11. Mystical Psychology in the Thought of Ibn Arabi in “Al-Futuhat Al-Makkiyyah” with an Emphasis on the Temporal or Eternal Nature of the Soul

    • Author: Mohammad Mehdi Gorjian Arabi
    • Journal: Ayin-e Hikmat » Year 1400, Summer 1400, Issue 48

12. Mystical Psychology in the Thought of Ibn Arabi in “Al-Futuhat Al-Makkiyyah” with an Emphasis on the Temporal or Eternal Nature of the Soul

    • Author: Mohammad Mehdi Gorjian Arabi*
    • Journal: Ayin-e Hikmat » Year 1400, Volume 13, Issue 48 (Summer 1400)

13. The Ontology of Perception from the Perspective of Ayatollah Javadi Amoli

    • Authors: Mohammad Mehdi Gorjian*, Zahra Gerami
    • Journal: Research Journal of Wisdom and Islamic Philosophy » Year 1399, Volume 8, Issue 14 (Spring & Summer 1399)

14. Comparative Study of the Relationship Between the Perfection of Reflection and Divine Reflection with the Perfect Human in the School of Ibn Arabi and the School of Revelation

    • Authors: Seyyed Yadollah Yazdan Panah*, Mohammad Mehdi Gorjian Arabi, Sediqeh Mohammadi
    • Journal: Ayin-e Hikmat » Year 1399, Spring 1399, Issue 43

15. Explanation and Critique of the Concept of Right in Modern Thought Based on the Views of Transcendent Philosophy

    • Authors: Mohammad Mehdi Gorjian Arabi, Reza Azarian*
    • Journal: Theological Beliefs Research » Year 1399, Summer 1399, Issue 38

16. Examining Spiritual Health Based on the Qur’anic Concept of “Hayat Tayyibah” According to the Views of Ayatollah Javadi Amoli

    • Authors: Hossein Taghipour, Mohammad Mehdi Gorjian Arabi, Mahdi Bakouei
    • Journal: Research in Religion and Health » Year 1399, Volume 6, Issue 4 (Winter 1399)

17. The Role of Purification of Imagination in Achieving the Station of Divine Unity from the Perspective of Allameh Tabataba’i and Ayatollah Javadi Amoli

    • Authors: Mohammad Mehdi Gorjian Arabi, Roghayeh Yousefi Souteh
    • Journal: Ayin-e Hikmat » Year 1398, Autumn 98, Issue 41

18. Semantic Analysis of “Salah” in the Holy Qur’an from the Perspective of Allameh Tabataba’i and Ayatollah Javadi Amoli

    • Authors: Mohammad Aboutalebi*, Mohammad Mehdi Gorjian Arabi
    • Journal: Qur’anic Interpretation Studies » Year 1398, Autumn 1398, Issue 39

19. The Role of Purification of Imagination in Achieving the Station of Divine Unity from the Perspective of Allameh Tabataba’i and Ayatollah Javadi Amoli

    • Authors: Mohammad Mehdi Gorjian Arabi, Roghayeh Yousefi Souteh*
    • Journal: Ayin-e Hikmat » Year 1398, Autumn 1398, Issue 41

20. Evolutionary and Natural Motion of Forms and the Occurrence of the Rational Soul from the Perspective of Mulla Sadra in Light of the Qur’an and Hadith

    • Authors: Masoumeh Esmaeili, Mohammad Mehdi Gorjian
    • Journal: Ayin-e Hikmat » Year 1397, Winter 96, Issue 34

21. Aristotelian and Avicennian Background of the Theological Foundations of Thomistic Analogical Theology

    • Authors: Mohammad Mehdi Gorjian, Mojtaba Afsharpoor
    • Journal: History of Philosophy » Year 1397, Summer 1397, Issue 33

22. Methodological Analysis of Mystical Interpretation and Its Foundations from the Perspective of Sadr al-Din Qunawi

    • Authors: Mohammad Mehdi Gorjian*, Javad Jafarian
    • Journal: Research Journal of Mysticism » Year 1397, Autumn & Winter 1397, Issue 18

23. The Existential and Epistemological Status of Human Intellect from the Perspective of Ibn Arabi

    • Authors: Mohammad Mehdi Gorjian, Mahdi Babaei Almushiri
    • Journal: Ayin-e Hikmat » Year 1397, Summer 1397, Issue 36