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Cyrus Zargar

Al-Ghazali Distinguished Professor in Islamic Studies, University of Central Florida

Orlando, FL

Islamic Studies

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Biography

Cyrus Zargar is the endowed Al-Ghazali Distinguished Professor in Islamic Studies at the University of Central Florida. His scholarship explores Sufi aesthetics, the transformative potential of love in Islamic philosophy, and the ethical dimensions of self-transformation in classical Sufi writings and poetry.

Books

  • Sufi Aesthetics: Beauty, Love, and the Human Form in the Writings of Ibn 'Arabi and 'Iraqi (2011)
  • The Polished Mirror: Storytelling and the Pursuit of Virtue in Islamic Philosophy and Sufism (2017)
  • Religion of Love: Sufism and Self-Transformation in the Poetic Imagination of ʻAṭṭār (2024)
  • The Ethics of Karbala: Myths, Modernity, and Virtues of Nobility (2024)