Nonetheless, Shariati’s historical importance should not be forgotten, and many of his ideas remain highly relevant today. This analysis of his ideas is based primarily on four of his works. The first is Man and Islam, a lecture reportedly delivered at the Petroleum College of Abadan, although no date is available. The second is Approaches to the Understanding of Islam, which is “a complete translation of Ravish-i Shinakhti-i Islam, comprising two lectures given at Husayniya-yi Irshad in Aban 1347/October 1968”.
Which is a lecture delivered at the Technical University of Tehran in November 1971. The fourth is What is to be Done?; this is a long lecture originally given at the Hussainiyyah Irshad and published in English in two parts, along with the lecture Where Shall We Begin? However, the translation gives no date for the original lecture, citing only Shariati’s collected works.
