Zailan Moris

Malaysian scholar of Islamic philosophy

Zailan Moris

Moris (white scarf in the middle) in 2015 with her students at Universiti Sains Malaysia

Born|

Zailan Moris

Nationality| Malaysian
Academic background
Alma mater| University Sains Malaysia, Carleton University, The American University
Influences| Seyyed Hossein Nasr[1]
Academic work
Institutions| University Sains Malaysia
Notable works| Revelation, intellectual intuition and reason in the philosophy of Mulla Sadra : an analysis of the al-Hikmah al-arshiyyah (2013)

Zailan Moris is a Malaysian scholar of Islamic philosophy[2] and former professor of the School of Humanities at the University Sains Malaysia.[3] Her main interests are Islamic philosophy, comparative religion and Sufism.[4]

## Biography

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Zailan Moris graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University Sains Malaysia and completed her Master's from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. She became interested in Islamic philosophy after being inspired by Iranian philosopher Seyyed Hossein Nasr, and received a PhD in 1994 from the American University in Washington, DC, under his supervision. She wrote her dissertation on the philosophy of Mulla Sadra that has been published under the title Revelation, intellectual intuition and reason in the philosophy of Mulla Sadra: an analysis of the al-Hikmah al-arshiyyah. Being a devout student of Nasr, she shares many of his ideas and has discussed and commented upon different aspects of his philosophical thinking. She has helped promote the traditionalist perspective in Malaysia.[5] Moris taught at the Department of Philosophy in the School of Humanities at the University Sains Malaysia until her retirement in 2017.

## Works

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Moris has authored and co-authored several books and scholarly articles on different aspects of Islamic philosophy. Some of her publications include:

As author

* Al-Ghazali's Theory of happiness : an analysis of the Kimiya-yi-sa adat (1982)
* God and His Attributes: Lessons on Islamic Doctrine (Foundations of Islamic Doctrine) (1989)
* The Islamisation of the Malays : a philosophical analysis of Bahr Al-Lahut : a 12th-century Islamic metaphysical manuscript (2010)
* Revelation, intellectual intuition and reason in the philosophy of Mulla Sadra : an analysis of the al-Hikmah al-arshiyyah (2013)

As editor

* Knowledge is light : essays in Islamic studies presented to Seyyed Hossein Nasr by his students in honor of his sixty-sixth birthday (1999)
* Higher Education in the Asia Pacific: Emerging Trends in Teaching and Learning (2008)

## See also

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* Haifaa Jawad

## References

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1. ^ Markwith, Zachary (2010). "Review: Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Islam in the Modern World: Challenged by the West, Threatened by Fundamentalism, Keeping Faith with Tradition". Sacred Web. 28 (1): 103–116 [115].
2. ^ See:
* Morris, James W. (2005). "Revelation, Intellectual Intuition and Reason in the Philosophy of Mulla Sadra: An Analysis of the al-Hikmah al-ʿArshiyya. By Zaila Moris". Journal of Islamic Studies. 16 (3): 360–362 [360]. doi:10.1093/jis/eti155.
* Wolf-Gazo, Ernest (2005). "Sadra and German Idealist Philosophy: on the Problem of Intellectual Intuition". Journal of 'Aqidah & Islamic Thought, University of Malaya. 5: 171–194.
* Nasrin, Nasir (2004). "Zailan Moris, Revelation, Intellectual Intuition and Reason in the Philosophy of Mulla Sadra: An Analysis of the al-Hikmah al-Arshiyya". Iqbal Review. 45 (4).
* Nakamura, Mitsuo (2010). Expressions of Islam in Recent Southeast Asia's Politics. State Institute for Islamic Studies Sunan Ampel in collaboration with Impulse. p. 75\. ISBN 9786029767988..
3. ^ See:
* JawaPos.com (2018-06-19). "Meluaskan Makna Tadarus". radarmadura.jawapos.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2019-06-21.
* Jahanbegloo, Ramin (2010). "Notes". In Search of the Sacred : A Conversation with Seyyed Hossein Nasr on His Life and Thought. Praeger. p. 332\. ISBN 978-0313383243.
* Congress, The Library of. "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov.
* Nasr, Seyyed Hossein; Leaman, Oliver, eds. (1964). History of Islamic Philosophy. Routledge. p. 19\. ISBN 978-0415259347.
* Lumbard, Joseph E. B, ed. (2004). Islam, Fundamentalism and the Betrayal of Tradition. Essays by Western Muslim Scholars. World Wisdom Inc. p. 243\. ISBN 978-0941532600.
4. ^ * "Dr. Zailan Moris". humanities.usm.my.
5. ^ Widiyanto, Asfa (2016). "The reception of Seyyed Hossein Nasr's ideas within the Indonesian intellectual landscape". Indonesian Journal for Islamic Studies. 23 (2): 193–236 [197].

## External links

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* Official Web Page at University Sains Malaysia
* Text of unpublished dissertation at American University Digital Research Archive

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* Germany
* United States
* Israel

Other|

* IdRef