Institution	Baqir al-Olum University, Isfahan Campus
Contact	habibolahi@gmail.com  |  Isfahan, Iran

ACADEMIC PROFILE

Scholar and university educator specializing in Qur’anic studies, Hadith studies, Qur’anic pragmatics, discourse and context, Qur’an translation, comparative exegesis, and Western scholarship on Islam. Extensive experience in postgraduate teaching, academic administration, translation, journal publishing, and supervision of MA, PhD, and advanced seminary research.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Qur’anic pragmatics, semantics, discourse, context, and recurring structures
• Qur’an translation and translation criticism
• Comparative Qur’anic exegesis and Imami hadith-based interpretation
• Western scholarship on the Qur’an, Islam, and Muslim-Christian-Jewish relations
• Qur’anic ethics, family studies, privacy, resilience, and social thought

EDUCATION

PhD in Qur’anic and Hadith Studies — University of Isfahan; GPA: 19.5/20; dissertation grade: 20/20 (2015)

• Dissertation: “The Semantic System of Similar Sentences in the Qur’an”

MA in Hadith Studies, concentration in Qur’anic Exegesis — University of Qur’an and Hadith, Qom; GPA: 19.73/20; thesis grade: 20/20 (2009–2012)

• Thesis: Translation and Critique of Hadith: Muhammad’s Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World

Level II Seminary Degree — Islamic Seminary; GPA: 18.14/20 (2000)

ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS

Faculty Member and Head, Department of Foreign Languages — Baqir al-Olum University, Isfahan Campus / Islamic Propagation Office of Isfahan (2013–present)

Specialist, Department of Religions — Center for Islamic Studies, Islamic Propagation Office of Isfahan (2010–2012)

Director of Foreign-Language Education — Sadr Institute of Higher Education (2003–2009)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch — Doctoral courses in Qur’anic and Hadith Studies (2016–present)

University of Qur’anic Sciences and Knowledge, Dowlatabad — Specialized English; Western Qur’anic Studies; Qur’an and the Bible; History of the Qur’an; Scientific Miracles of the Qur’an; Research Methods (2013–present)

Allameh Majlesi Institute, Islamic Propagation Office of Isfahan — Graduate courses in Specialized English, Hadith, Qur’anic Sciences, Exegesis, and Orientalist Studies (2013–present)

Mojtahedeh Amin Seminary, Isfahan — Specialized English, Qur’anic Exegesis, and Research Methods (1998–present)

Women’s Seminaries, Level III — Specialized English, Qur’anic Exegesis and Teachings, and Research Methods (2010–present)

Department of Foreign Languages, Islamic Propagation Office of Isfahan — English conversation, grammar, and specialized texts (1995–present)

University of Isfahan, Faculty of Literature — History of Islam, Islamic Jurisprudence, and Specialized English (2013–2022)

Specialized Center of the Isfahan Seminary — Specialized English (2013–2022)

Seminaries of Isfahan — Arabic morphology and syntax, logic, principles of jurisprudence, and jurisprudence (1991–2003)

PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Articles in Persian

Qur’anic Foundations, Scope, and Instances of the Protection of Bodily Privacy — Qur’an, Culture and Civilization (2025)

A Pragmatic Analysis of qarīb in the Phrase yatūbūna min qarīb in Qur’an 4:17 — Religious Research (2024)

Conceptualizing the Function of Oaths in the Qur’anic System of Guidance through the Category of Power — Ketab-e Qayyem (2024)

A Critique of Gabriel Said Reynolds’s Views on the Angels’ Prostration before Adam in the Qur’an — Orientalist Qur’anic Studies (2024)

An Analysis of the Qur’anic Culture of isti’nās in Sūrat al-Nūr Based on Exegetical Opinions — Qur’an, Culture and Civilization (2023)

The Impact of Symbolic Anthropology on the Interpretation of Qur’anic Concepts — Research in Qur’anic and Hadith Sciences (2023)

Cultural Formation through the Divine Norms in Qur’an 14:7 and Its Role in Promoting Social Hope and Vitality — Qur’an, Culture and Civilization (2023)

The Constitution of Medina and Its Role in the Social Transformation of the Concept of the Captive after Islam — Jurisprudence and the History of Civilization (2022)

A Pragmatic Account of Intended Meaning in Exegesis: A Case Study of Presupposition — Qur’anic Linguistic Research (2021)

The Pragmatic Relationship between Verse Endings and Verse Content: A Case Study of laṭīf and khabīr — Qur’anic Studies Quarterly (2021)

The Pragmatic Relationship between Qur’anic Verse-Endings and Their Content: A Case Study of falāḥ — Qur’anic Studies Quarterly (2020)

An Analysis of Jean-Louis Michon’s ‘The Qur’an and Islamic Art’ from a Hermeneutical Perspective — Islamic Art Studies (2021)

Factors and Components of Resilience from the Perspective of the Qur’an and Hadith — Applied Ethics (2021)

A Critique of Harald Suermann’s View of Jewish and Christian Influence on Islam — Orientalist Qur’anic Studies (2020)

Evaluating the Sources of the Entry ‘Farewell Pilgrimage’ in the Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an — Orientalist Qur’anic Studies (2020)

A Pragmatic Approach to the Qur’an in Medieval Exegesis — Qur’anic Linguistic Research (2019)

Differences of Expression in Similar Qur’anic Verses in Light of Flouting Grice’s Cooperative Maxims — Qur’anic Teachings (2016)

Is the Qur’anic Ruling on Polygyny Absolute or Conditional? — Women’s Studies Quarterly, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (2015)

The Role of Intralinguistic Context in Explaining Similar Qur’anic Verses — Qur’an and Hadith Research (2014)

A Comparative Study of Shi‘i and Sunni Exegetes and Orientalists on Reports Suggesting Textual Distortion in the Verse of Mut‘a — Research in Qur’anic Sciences (2014)

The Sources of Jewish Ethics in the Old Testament — Religions Research (2013)

An Analysis of the Theory of the Ethics of War in the Qur’an and Hadith — Ethics Research Quarterly (2012)

Articles in English

Consistency in Rendering Recurring Qur’anic Structures: A Comparative Analysis of English Translations by Sahih International — International Journal of Textual and Translation Analysis in Islamic Studies (2024)

Exploring the Implicit Meanings of the Qur’an through Pragmatics: Reference, Presupposition, and Entailment in Focus — International Journal of Textual and Translation Analysis in Islamic Studies (2023)

Translation Strategies for Rhetorical Questions in the Holy Qur’an: A Comparative Analysis of Arberry’s and Asad’s Translations Using Molina and Albir’s Techniques — Scholarly journal article (2023)

Selected Conference Papers

The Methodology of Interrogating the Qur’an in Light of Linguistic Pragmatics — National Conference, Isfahan (2022)

Policies of the Alid Government for Guiding Officials toward Justice-Centered Governance — National Conference, Qom (2019)

BOOKS AND BOOK-LENGTH TRANSLATIONS

Pragmatics of Similar Sentences in the Qur’an — Islamic Propagation Office of Isfahan; authored monograph (2019)

The Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur’an: Three Books, Two Cities, One Story — Hekmat va Erfan; Persian translation (2017)

Ethics: A Very Short Introduction — Islamic Propagation Office of the Qom Seminary, Isfahan Branch; Persian translation (2016)

The Prophet of Mercy — Osveh Publications; English translation (2016)

Imami Exegesis in Western Scholarship — Dar al-Hadith; translation of two chapters/articles (2016)

Qur’anic Studies in Western Scholarship — Dar al-Hadith; translation of one chapter/article (2016)

The Routledge International Handbook of the Sociology of Morality — Research Institute for Islamic Culture and Thought, Qom; contributing translator (2024)

ENCYCLOPAEDIA AND REFERENCE WORK

Twenty entries for the Isfahan Encyclopaedia — Persian-to-English translation (2024–2025)

SELECTED ARTICLE TRANSLATIONS: ENGLISH TO PERSIAN

Miracle — Howzeh-ye Isfahan, no. 2 (2000)

Textual Distortion — Howzeh-ye Isfahan, no. 3 (n.d.)

Qur’anic Readings — Howzeh-ye Isfahan, no. 6 (2001)

Christian Ethics — Howzeh-ye Isfahan, no. 6 (2001)

Jewish Ethics — Haft Aseman, no. 17 (2003)

Protestant Ethics — Howzeh-ye Isfahan, no. 7 (n.d.)

Traditionalism and the Modern World — Howzeh-ye Isfahan, no. 8 (n.d.)

Art and Morality — Ethics, no. 15 (2009)

The Ethical Criticism of Art — Ethics, no. 15 (2009)

Computers and Moral Responsibility — Ethics, no. 16 (2009)

Business Ethics — Ethics, no. 13 (2008–2009)

The Conflict between Politics and Ethics — Ethics, no. 18 (2010)

Akhbari Principles of Textual Understanding — Hadith-e Andisheh, no. 10 (n.d.)

Principles of Jurisprudence — Na‘im, no. 3 (n.d.)

The Jewish People through History — Electronic Journal of Religions, no. 1 (n.d.)

Christian Interpretations of the Bible — Electronic Journal of Religions, no. 2 (n.d.)

POSTGRADUATE AND ADVANCED SEMINARY SUPERVISION

Selected completed and ongoing theses/dissertations; roles and dates are reported from the supplied record.

Thesis / Dissertation	Institution	Degree	Role	Year
Faith in the Views of Sunni and Shi‘i Exegetes: A Comparison with the Hadith of the Ahl al-Bayt	University of Qur’an and Hadith, Qom	MA	Supervisor	2023
An Anthropological Study of Captivity in the Qur’an and the Prophetic Sīra	Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch	PhD	Supervisor	2024
Interpretation of Verses Concerning the Prophet’s and Imam’s Special Means of Knowledge	University of Qur’an and Hadith, Qom	MA	Supervisor	2023
Hadith-Based Exegesis of Sūrat al-Mursalāt	University of Qur’an and Hadith, Qom	MA	Supervisor	2025
Interpretation of Qur’anic Verses Concerning Unbelief Based on Imami Hadith	University of Qur’an and Hadith, Qom	MA	Advisor	2025
The Theological Thought of Ayatollah Muhammad Taqi Najafi	University of Qur’an and Hadith, Qom	MA	Supervisor	2025
A Critical Study of Imaginary Hadiths in Majma‘ al-Bayān	Isfahan Seminary	Level III	Supervisor	2025
Interpretation of Verses Concerning the Nature of Prophetic and Imamic Infallibility Based on Imami Hadith	University of Qur’an and Hadith, Qom	MA	Supervisor	2022
Interpretation of Verses Concerning the Nature of the Eschatological Body Based on Imami Hadith	University of Qur’an and Hadith, Qom	MA	Supervisor	2023
Interpretation of Verses Concerning the Spirit and the Soul Based on Imami Hadith	University of Qur’an and Hadith, Qom	MA	Supervisor	2023
Interpretation of Verses Concerning Death and the Process of Dying Based on Imami Hadith	University of Qur’an and Hadith, Qom	MA	Supervisor	2023
A Comparative Study of the Foundations of Privacy in the Qur’an and Liberalism	Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch	PhD	Advisor	2025
The Conceptual Structure of Oaths in the Qur’an: A Cognitive-Semantic Approach	Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch	PhD	Advisor	2024
A Critical Analysis of Fundamentalism: The Struggle for God in Judaism, Christianity and Islam	University of Qur’anic Sciences and Knowledge	MA	Supervisor	2025
Translation and Critique of Selected Articles from Part V of The Oxford Handbook of Qur’anic Studies	University of Qur’anic Sciences and Knowledge	MA	Supervisor	2025
A Critical Analysis of Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet of Islam	University of Qur’anic Sciences and Knowledge	MA	Supervisor	2025
Qur’an–Nahj al-Balāgha Intertextuality in Religious Anthropology: An Educational Approach	University of Qur’anic Sciences and Knowledge	MA	Supervisor	2018
Criteria and Functions of the Rites of God in Contemporary Society from the Perspective of the Qur’an and Hadith	University of Qur’anic Sciences and Knowledge	MA	Supervisor	2018
Translation and Critique of Orientalist Articles on Qur’anic Teachings	University of Qur’anic Sciences and Knowledge	MA	Supervisor	2019
A Critique of Ibn Warraq’s Views in Islam and Muslimness	University of Qur’anic Sciences and Knowledge	MA	Supervisor	2019
Translation and Critique of Chapters 6, 8, and 10 of The Qur’an in Its Historical Context	University of Qur’anic Sciences and Knowledge	MA	Supervisor	2020
A Critical Study of Orientalist Views on Imami Exegesis	University of Qur’anic Sciences and Knowledge	MA	Supervisor	2021
The Semantics of rayb in the Qur’an	Women’s Seminary	Level III	Supervisor	2019
Criteria of Human Worth in the Qur’an	Women’s Seminary	Level III	Supervisor	2019
Translation and Critique of the First Two Chapters of The Qur’an and Its Biblical Subtext	Women’s Seminary	Level III	Supervisor	2020

LANGUAGES

• Persian: native
• English: advanced academic reading, writing, teaching, and translation
• Arabic: advanced reading competence in classical Islamic texts

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Date of birth: 1971, Isfahan, Iran
• References available upon request