I’m happy to announce the second edition of the Oases of Wisdom Substack Journal! Starting October 31st, a new article will be released every other day. Here’s a look at the six articles featured in this edition! Oct. 31st: Ahmad Qadri kicks it off by exploring the debate surrounding the sincerity of Hujjat al-Islam, Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (d. 1111 CE). Nov. 2nd: The Double-Turn of the Noble Critic by Delman Rasheed. This article examines how even the critics of the Da’wah scene, such as myself, can become complicit Jesters in the spectacles they so loudly critique, and what steps we must take to move toward real progress in discourse. **Nov. 4th:** Decoding the Early Meccan Qur’an: The Centrality of Arabian Pluvial Soteriology by Abdullah Ansar. Connecting Qur’anic rhetoric, water, Arabian ecology, Semitic traditions, and epigraphy to illuminate the earliest Qur’anic proclamation. Nov. 6th: Shah Waliullah Dehlavi and the Unity of Being: A Metaphysical Study of Lamahat by Hasan Exploring how Shah Waliullah synthesizes Akbarian metaphysics, Avicennian philosophy, and Ashʿari theology in his account of Wahdat al-Wujud. Nov. 8th: Ibn Arabi and Al-Maturidi: An Unexpected Friendship? by Ahmad Qadri Can Ibn Arabi’s metaphysics of tajalli be reconciled with Maturidi kalam? exploring how divine self-disclosure and wisdom may converge within a shared Sunni theological framework. Nov. 10th: The Light of Muhammad: The Development of High Muhammadology in Sunni Sources by Delman Rasheed. Tracing how Sunni scholars developed ideas of the Prophet’s primordial status and cosmic significance across theology, hadith, and Sufism. Abstracts: https://x.com/dmontetheno1/status/2113842119144100047?s=46 Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/oasesofwisdom   submitted by   /u/dmontetheno1   to   r/MuslimAcademics [link]   [comments]