saleh hasan zadeh
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God, man, and the world are the three main axes of human thought. Throughout history, important questions have been raised about them and all humanity’s intellectual effort has been directed towards these goals and finding correct and appropriate answers to these questions. Among these, knowing ...
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God, man, and the world are the three main axes of human thought. Throughout history, important questions have been raised about them and all humanity’s intellectual effort has been directed towards these goals and finding correct and appropriate answers to these questions. Among these, knowing humanity is of special importance. In the teachings of the holy Qur’an, man, after God, has been considered the most fundamental subject. The sending of prophets and holy books has been done in order for humanity to reach its final happiness. By giving special direction to sciences and wisdoms involved in educating and guiding mankind, the Qur’an considers materialistic and secular sciences to be the main reason for mankind’s decline. Human sciences practiced today have the 17th century Western culture as their origin. The Western account of the concept of humanity is the product of these sciences. This account of humanity has reduced the goal of science to secularism and humanism. Human in the Qur’an is the “comprehensive universe”. The Comprehensive Universe can accumulate in itself the perfections of all plants, animals, and angels. It is in this light that mankind is “The Best of Creation”, and as a result God is “The Best Creator”. Accordingly, a complete understanding of mankind is only made possible by understanding God. Today many anthropologists, despite incredible progress in psychology and psychoanalysis and their related sciences, have admitted their inability to understand mankind and have talked about a “crisis in anthropology”. Wise anthropologists say that man has three important aspects: 1) the personal materialistic aspect, 2) the social life aspect and 3) the spiritual aspect. Those who consider merely the first aspect and believe in absolute freedom for man, even though this freedom may be harmful to him, are unaware of the wondrous character of man and have neglected the important aspects of his being. And thosewho consider the first two aspects and ignore the third one, create an atmosphere that is devoid of moral and spiritual values. In this paper we address the following issues: 1. Aspects of humanity from a Quranic perspective 2. Direction of science according to the Qur’an 3. The superiority of mankind presented in the Quranic model over that of Western Culture’s model
mohamad hoseyn bayat
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This paper presents Quranic verses along with some valid traditions which introduce the Qur’an and the holy Prophet (PBUH). Then, relying on Quranic verses and traditions, the impeccability of the Qur’an and the Prophet (PBUH) from sin and error are substantiated. In the next section all ...
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This paper presents Quranic verses along with some valid traditions which introduce the Qur’an and the holy Prophet (PBUH). Then, relying on Quranic verses and traditions, the impeccability of the Qur’an and the Prophet (PBUH) from sin and error are substantiated. In the next section all raised doubts are analyzed under eight general headings and each doubt is responded to in brief and reasonably
mohamad shaban pour
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‘Sending back the sun’ is a miracle performed by Imam Ali (PBUH) and the tradition proving this miracle plays a significant part in substantiating Imam Ali’s (PBUH) legitimacy for the position of leadership and guardianship. Therefore, from the advent of Islam onwards, various and considerable ...
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‘Sending back the sun’ is a miracle performed by Imam Ali (PBUH) and the tradition proving this miracle plays a significant part in substantiating Imam Ali’s (PBUH) legitimacy for the position of leadership and guardianship. Therefore, from the advent of Islam onwards, various and considerable effort has been made to understand this tradition and to make it known; Imam Ali (PBUH) himself has attempted to clarify this on the day of consultation and his friends and companions have done the same in different historical periods. This paper classifies and analyzes the views of the jurists, theologians, poets and historians with regard to this tradition and how it is used in religious principles. The paper ends with confirming this hypothesis that this tradition of ‘sending back the sun’ – which has a special application and is addressed substantially in different branches of religious studies – is undeniable and this can be an adequate response to the ideas of those who oppose this tradition.
morteza naderi
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Al-Akhbābār al-Dakhilat, written by ‘Allāmeh Mohammad Taqi Shūshtarī, aims at proving the fact that a number of Shiite traditions are altered (muharraf) and faked. After an analysis of the views of Shūshtarī concerning certain traditions, this paper argues that the evidence Shūshtarī offers ...
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Al-Akhbābār al-Dakhilat, written by ‘Allāmeh Mohammad Taqi Shūshtarī, aims at proving the fact that a number of Shiite traditions are altered (muharraf) and faked. After an analysis of the views of Shūshtarī concerning certain traditions, this paper argues that the evidence Shūshtarī offers is not adequate enough to substantiate his claim about the non-authenticity of these traditions. The present paper addresses this mismatch in four sections: “the mismatch between the title and the content of the book”, “inattention to lexical meaning and literary subtleties”, “incomplete understanding of the intention of the tradition” and “reliance on personal judgment”.
ali banai
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The present paper provides a selection of Quranic and narrative arguments about precautionary dissimulation and its necessity. In the first part the reasons for the necessity of precautionary dissimulation – such as protecting one’s life, defending religion and preventing unnecessary bloodshed ...
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The present paper provides a selection of Quranic and narrative arguments about precautionary dissimulation and its necessity. In the first part the reasons for the necessity of precautionary dissimulation – such as protecting one’s life, defending religion and preventing unnecessary bloodshed – are discussed from the perspective of the Qur’an and the narrations. The second part states that all arguments which are generally drawn on in substantiating any religious decree – that is the Qur’an, tradition, intellect and consensus – apply to precautionary dissimulation too. Therefore, the verses pertaining to precautionary dissimulation and a number of narrations which recommend, define or expound this concept are presented in this paper.
behruz hasan nejhad
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In the holy Qur’an, the philosophy of storytelling is in fact the story of philosophizing. If philosophizing is the move towards ‘perplexity’, ‘invitation’, ‘reflection’ and ‘admonition’, then the stories of this pure Book invite us to all these four. ...
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In the holy Qur’an, the philosophy of storytelling is in fact the story of philosophizing. If philosophizing is the move towards ‘perplexity’, ‘invitation’, ‘reflection’ and ‘admonition’, then the stories of this pure Book invite us to all these four. As a carrier of ‘meaning’, this holy Book has not been oblivious to storytelling and narration; Quranic stories are replete with historical events and stories, and, without images or imaginations characteristic of popular stories; the precious gem of these stories is nothing but the admonishing lessons.
ahmad zarnegar
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The present paper examines the conceptual meaning of those social keywords in the holy Qur’an which are closely related to ‘al-mojtama’’ (society) and explains how these words are related to man’s social life as well as collective, interpersonal social relations; further, ...
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The present paper examines the conceptual meaning of those social keywords in the holy Qur’an which are closely related to ‘al-mojtama’’ (society) and explains how these words are related to man’s social life as well as collective, interpersonal social relations; further, the holy verses related to these keywords, along with the ideas of philologists regarding these words are presented.
