Interview with Dr Nader El-Bizri
Publication:The Ikhwān al-Ṣafaʾ and their Rasāʾil
Editor: Dr Nader El-Bizri
Questions addressed in the interview:
- Can you briefly introduce the Ikhwan al-Safa’ to our audience.
- Can you briefly describe what were the Rasa’il Ikhwan al-Safa’.
- What are the major themes covered in the Rasa’il and how do they relate to the intellectual situation of their time?
- What was the impact of the Rasa’il in the history of ideas in Islam?
- How does the Rasa’il corpus compare with other classical encyclopaedic works?
- Can you describe the project of publishing an Arabic edition and English translation of the Rasa’il, and what role this publication will play in public education about Muslim civilisations?
