Al-Qur'an Views Relating to Environmental Conservation

Six common errors relating to environmental pollution.

Overall. cancer death rates are staying steady or coming down, the major exception being.smoking-related cancer. The latest update from the National Cancer Institute ( 12/02/85) for the de~e 1974-1983 shows that cancer of the stomach is down 20%; cancer of the cervix-uterus is down 30% (both of these have been decreasing for decades); and cancer of the ovary is down 8%. The cancer rates that ar...

A comparative study of al-Tafsir ul-Qurani lil-Quran and al-mizan fi tafsir al-Quran

One of the methods for Quranic commentary is nowadays regarded as Quran to Quran commentary method. The method is originally known to be that of the Prophet and Immams when commenting holey Quran. The study includes a brief comparison between Al-Tafsir ul-Qurani lil-Quran and Al-Mizan fi tafsir al-Quran respectively by Abdolkarim Khatib and Mohammadhosein Tabatabaie. As the commentators have us...

The Functions of ‘Surah Coherence’ in Interpretation Applied to Allameh Tabatabai’s al-Mizan and Sayyid Qutb’s Fi Zilal al-Quran

‘Surah coherence’ is an important aspect of the Quranic language, which, due to its unique role in interpretation, has been highly regarded by commentators and Quranic scholars, especially over the last half a century. According to this theory, each surah is centered around a main issue in such a way that all the topics of the surah create an all-encompassing unity. The present study intends to...

Environmental and human health concerns relating to synthetic musk compounds

Economic valuation: Is the society willing to pay for conservation of Hoor-al-Azim Wetland?

Examining society’s preferences for any change in the status of wetlands, can translate their direct and indirect benefits into monetary values and provide useful information for the policy makers and planners. Hoor-al-Azim Wetland (also Hoor-al-Hoveizeh) is one of the four large wetlands with an area of over 125 thousand hectares located in Khuzestan province located in southwestern Iran on it...