Iqbal- the 20th Century Reformer
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Volume 16: Islamology Irshad (I)
Volume 17: Islamology Irshad (II)
Volume 18: Islamology Irshad (III)
Volume 19: Husayn: Heir of Adam
Volume 20: What must be done?
Volume 21: On Women’s Issues
Volume 22: Religion vs Religion
Volume 23: World View and Ideology
Volume 24: The Human Being
Volume 25: Selfless Human Being
Volume 26: Ali
Volume 27: Study of Iranian-Islamic Identity
Volume 28: Approach to Understanding Islam
Volume 29: Appointment with Abraham
Volume 30: Islamology Mashhad
Volume 31: Characteristics of the Contemporary Century
Volume 32: Art
Volume 33: Conversations in Loneliness (2 vols)
Volume 34: Letters
Volume 35: Miscellaneous Works (2 vols)
2. Detailed Guide to the Contents of the Volumes of the Collected Works
The dates of the year the lecture was given is first given in CE dates and then in Persian dates. The pages numbers given refer to the page numbers in the Collected Works.
Volume 1: To Familiar Listeners 356 pp
To his father
1972/1351 pp 3-41
1977/1356 May 16 (Ordibehesht) pp 42-47
His last major writing.
To his wife
1958/1337 pp 41-49
Unknown pp 52-53
To his son
1972/1351 (Aban 24) pp 54-63
1976/1355 July 29 (Mordad 7) pp 64-66
1976/1355 December-January (Dey) pp 67-76
1977/1355 January-February (Bahman) pp 76-80
1977/1355 January-February (Bahman) pp 81-90
1977/1355 January-February (Bahman) pp 91-93
1977/1355 March-April (Esfand) pp 94-98
1977/1355 March 19 (Esfand 28) pp 99-104
1977/1355 March 21 (Esfand 29) p 105
1977/1356 March-April (Farvardin) pp 106-111
1977/1356 April-May (Ordibehesht) pp 112-115
1977/1356 April-May (Ordibehesht) pp 116-117
To friends
ca1971-71/1350-51 pp 121-123
n.d. pp 124-125
ca1971/1350 pp 126-127
n.d. pp 128-133
1972/1351 November 25 pp 134-148
See V. From Husayniyah to Zaynabiyah for English translation.
1975/1354 pp 149-150
ca1976/1355 pp 151-157
ca1976/1355 pp 158-162
ca1976/1355 pp 163-199
ca1976/1355 pp 202-215
To two martyrs
1977/1355-56 March-April (Esfand) pp 219-23
1977/1355-56 March-April (Esfand) pp 233-238
Two testaments
n.d. pp 241-255
ca 1977/1355 pp 256-258
Last writings
1977/1356 April-May (Ordibehesht 26) pp 260-261
To his son
1977/1356 April-May (Ordibehesht) pp 262-263
To his daughters
1977/1356 May-June (Khordad 29) pp 264
In the publishers notes, explanation is given about the arm or logo of the Husayniyah which comes from a calligraphy in Jalal al-Din Rumi’s place of burial which says, “Oh Master Mulana.” The la comes from Mulana.
Volume 2: Revolutionary Self-development 328 pp
2.1 Preface pp 3-9
1970/1349 April-May (Ordibehesht)
Text written for Iqbal and Us but repeated here. First time printed in Persian. Title by editors.
2.2 How to Remain pp 11-57
1977/1355 January 2 (Muharram 11th 1397AHL)
Tape. Also called “Conversations with the 11th Night.” Recorded in a private gathering. Among those present on the 11th of Muharram were Hejazi, Khamenei and Mutahhari. Issues were presented by Shariati. The group expressed its views and Shariati spoke seeking an answer. Title from the text by editors. First time printed in Persian.
2.3 Mysticism, Equality, Freedom pp 59-90
Tape. Date unknown. Also in letters (vol. 1, p. 143). First time printed in Persian. Translated into English and published in Marxism and Other Western Fallacies (Berkeley: Mizan Press, 1980).
2.4 Love-Monotheism pp 91-113
Text. Date unknown. Also called Love. First time printed in Persian.
2.5 Freedom, Auspicious Freedom pp 115-128
Text. Date unknown. Title by editors. First time printed in Persian.
2.6 Revolutionary Self-development pp 129-184
1976/1355 Summer
Text.
2.7 Knocking on the Door of Truth pp 185-196
1976/1355 December-January (Dey)
Tape. Private. Title from a verse in Jalal al-Din Rumi’s Mathnawi based on a Tradition from the Prophet. First time printed in Persian.
2.8 Peace (salam) in the Ritual Prayer pp 197-210
Private meeting. Date unknown. Written after 18 months in prison. First time printed in Persian.
2.9 Hurr: Man Caught Between Tragedy and Salvation pp 211-247
1976/1355 Fall
Text. Read in a private session in Muhammad Humayun’s home. Ashura night 1397/ December 31, 1976/ Dey 10, 1355. Most complete text here. Includes notes in the margin of the manuscript.
2.10 Night of Power (qadr) pp 249-254
Text. Date unknown. No title.
2.11 The Night Journey (miraj and isra) pp 255-263
In response to Questions and Answers. Date unknown. First time printed in Persian.
Volume 3: Abu Dharr 286 pp
Book One
3.1 Abu Dharr Ghifari pp 1-200
1954/1334
First time printed in Persian. Translation of a text in Arabic by Jawdat al-Sahar. Shariati’s Introduction to the translation has been translated into English and published in And Once Again Abu Dharr (Tehran: Abu Dharr Foundation, 1985).
Book Two
3.2 And Once Again Abu Dharr pp 201-263
1972/1351 July-August
Text. Husayniyah Irshad. Text consists of a speech given before the play. He had been told that a bomb had been planted to kill the players. He then continued his Introduction so that if anyone be killed, it would be him. English translation published (Tehran: Abu Dharr Foundation, 1985).
Volume 4: Return 477 pp
Book One
4.1 Return to Self pp 3-33
Speech at Jundi Shapur University. Date unknown. Printed along with other speeches:
4.2 When the Ranks are Clear
4.3 The Miracle of Faith and Consciousness
Book Two
4.4 Return to which self? pp 35-401
Text. Date unknown. First time printed in Persian. Written during his last years. Shariati edited the typed version.
Contains:
4.5 The Fate of Thoughts
4.6 Contemporary Reformers
4.7 Revolutionary Political Leftists
4.8 Society and History
4.9 Where are we in history?
4.10 Philosophy and Science of History
4.11 Marxism and the Course of History
4.12 The Responsibility of Intellectuals
4.13 Determinism of History
4.14 The Mission of the Intellectual
4.15 Assimilated
4.16 Discontinuity of History
4.17 Historical Conscience
4.18 Feeling for the Past and Coming to Know Historic Self in the East
4.19 Pretending to be Modern
4.20 Colonialism and Assimilation
4.21 Serving and Reforming
4.22 Intellectual vs Pseudo-Intellectual
4.23 African Colonialization
4.24 Incompetence of the Marxist Western View with a Colonialist Analysis
4.25 Marxism and Analysis of Infrastructure
4.26 Nationalism and Marxism
4.27 What I Infer from Religion
4.28 Manifestation of Islam<
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4.29 Sociology and Commitment
4.30 Technique of Becoming an Intellectual
4.31 Three Bases
4.32 Relation Between Knowledge and Action
4.33 Years of Decision-making. What should be done?
4.34 Critical View of the Intellectual
4.35 Scientism
4.36 The Geography of Words
4.37 The Responsibility of the Intellectual in Our Present Society
4.38 Summary
4.39 We have Several Historic-Cultural ‘Self’s’
4.40 Intellectual: Conscious Thinker Having an Ideology
4.41 Order of the Design of Schools of Thought
4.42 Materialism
4.43 Marx, Socialism and Materialism
4.44 World View Based on Logic, Consciousness and Orientation
4.45 The Story of the Creation of Adam and Adam’s Sons
4.46 Which Religion?
4.47 My World View is Based on a Spiritual Interpretation of the World
Appendix:
4.48 Fanon’s Last Will and Testament pp 403-407
Volume 5: Iqbal and Us 308 pp
Book One
Iqbal: The 20th Century Reformer pp 21-116
1970/1349 April-May (Ordibehesht)
Contains:
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Iqbal: The 20th Century Reformer
5.3 Iqbal: Manifestation of Self-Reconstruction and Reformation
5.4 Iqbal is Not Deceived by the West
Book Two
Iqbal and Us pp 117-288
Text. Date unknown, sometime after being released from prison in the spring of 1975. First time printed in Persian.
Contains:
5.5 Iqbal’s Ideology
5.6 Iqbal’s World View
All sections of Volume 5: Iqbal and Us dealing specifically with Iqbal Lahouri have been translated into English in addition to Author’s Preface printed in Volume 2 of the Collected Works, under the title: Iqbal: Manifestation of the Islamic Spirit. Publication date, spring, 1990. Distributed through KAZI Publications, Chicago.
Volume 6: Hajj: Reflections on its Rituals 266 pp
6.1 A Word to the Reader
Volume 1: 23 Years in 23 Days
Volume 2: The Place of the Covenant (miyad) with Abraham
Volume 3: Hajj: Reflections on its Rituals
Part One
6.2 Introduction to the Shorter Pilgrimage (umrah)
6.3 The Season (musum)
6.4 Ihram at the Place of the Appointed Time (miqat)
6.5 Making Your Intention Known (niyyah)
6.6 The Ritual Prayer in the Place of the Appointed Time
6.7 Prohibitions (muharramah)
6.8 The Kabah
6.9 Circumambulation (tawaf)
6.10 The Black Stone (hajar al-aswad) and the Oath of Allegiance (bayat)
6.11 The Station of Abraham (maqam)
6.12 The Search (sa’y)
6.13 The Cutting of Nails or Hair (taqsir) and the End of the Longer Pilgrimage (umrah)
Part Two
6.14 Introduction to the Longer Pilgrimage (tamatu)
6.15 Arafah
6.16 Mashar
6.17 Mina
6.18 Stoning the Satans (rami)
6.19 The Sacrifice (adha)
6.20 The Trinity of Idols
6.21 The Festival (id) of the Sacrifice
6.22 The Pause (wuquf) After the Festival
Conclusion
6.23 A General Look
6.24 After the Festival of Sacrifice: Stoning
6.25 The Last Message of Revelation
6.26 A Final Word
6.27 The Return
1971
This volume was completed and published sometime in 1971. Translated into English in an abridged form and published by FILINC: Houston, 1978. Complete translation published 1994 (Joint Publication of ABJAD Book Designers and Builders, Chicago. Distributed by KAZI Publications, Chicago under the title Hajj: Reflections on its Rituals.
Volume 7: Shiism 363 pp
Book One
7.1 Shiism: A Complete Political Party pp 3-168
Lecture 1:
1972/1351 October 24
Lecture 2:
1972/1351 November 12
Speech. Husayniyah. Two lectures. Lecture 1 previously printed in Persian. Lecture 2, first time printed in Persian. Shariati edited the texts of both lectures. It was as a result of the second lecture that the Husayniyah Irshad was closed and ten months later Shariati put into solitary confinement for eighteen months.
Book Two
7.2 The Revolutionary Role of the Reminders and
Reminding in History pp 169-226
1972/1351 September 12
Speech. Husayniyah. Printed before in Persian. Text edited by Shariati.
Book Three
7.3 The Responsibility of Being a Shiite pp 227-267
1971/1350November 6
Speech. Husayniyah.
Appendix:
Footnotes to Book One and Book Two added by Shariati pp 269-319
Volume 8: Prayer 195 pp
Book One
8.1 Prayer pp 3-35
1959/1338 Summer
Translation of the book by Alexis Carrel (1873-1944). Translation printed in Paris.
Book Two
8.2 The School of Sajjad: Consciousness, Love, Need and Jihad in Prayer (The Philosophy of Prayer) pp 37-90
1970/1349 April 2
Speech. Husayniyah.
Book Three
8.3 Prayer: The “Text” pp 91-124
Two writings. Dates unknown. One given at the end of the above lecture and the other is an older text. Part of the latter was translated into English in Martyrdom (Tehran: Abu Dharr Foundation, 1985).
Book Four
8.4 The Most Beautiful Worshipped Spirit pp 125-179
1972/1351 September 13
Speech. Husayniyah.
Volume 9: Alid Shiism/Safavid Shiism 315 pp
9.1 Deceitful Shiism/Truthful Shiism pp 3-16
Date unknown. Introduction to a play on the Sarbedaran which was not allowed to be performed by the regime.
9.2 Alid Shiism/Safavid Shiism pp 17-265
1971/1350 October 31
Speech. Husayniyah.
Contains: Introduction; Setting the Stage; Movement and Institution; The Ottomans and the West; Suddenly an Attack from Behind; An Example of the Logic of Safavid Shiism; The Logic of a Shiite Alim; The Assembling of Religion and Nation Nationhood: The Shuubi Shiite Movement; Religion: The Shiite Shu’ubi Movement; Negating Shiism Through Shiism; Western Christianity and Safavid Shiism: Foreigners in Karbala; The Ideological Bases of the Two Sects
Volume 10: Class Orientation in Islam 176 pp
Book One
10.1 Economics or the Class Curve of the Quran pp 1-62
Text taken from a tape which relates to a private discussion which took place at the end of 1977/1355. Previously published in Persian.
Book Two
10.2 Economics pp 63-116
Text taken from his writings. Previously published in a disorganized fashion under the title of The Economics of Monotheistic Equity.