divine names and attributes have a great bearing on the relationship between man and god in respects such as belief in and supplication to him. the semantic dimension of this issue has been the focus of attention in the philosophy of religion. this aspect of divine names and attributes is concerned with questions as to how to discuss god’s names and how these names relate to man’s attributes. i...

the first part of the paper describes the persian translation of naṣīr al-dīn al-ṭūsī’s taḥrīr kitāb uqlīdis by quṭb al-dīn al-shīrāzī, with a primary focus on his appendix to book i. part of a larger encyclopedic collection, al-shīrāzī’s translation continued to be read for centuries. as evidence of the work’s influence, al-shīrāzī’s appendix to book i was included in a nineteenth century prin...

one of the controversial issues concerning the qur’ān in the contemporary era has been the claim of the existence of mythological stories in the qur’ān. primarily, muḥammad aḥmad khalaf allāh set forth this claim in his al-fann al-qaṣaṣī. one of khalaf allāh’s evidences for his claim is that on nine occasions the qur’ān has been accused of being mythical by the polytheists and the almighty god ...

eyfa’e dein (oath of allegiance) is a general and human issue. it is mentioned in nahj al-balagha. in a famous letter, imam ali to malik al-ashtar warns: “in yours covenant with people, do not try to act according to your interests and break it selfishly”. then hazrat refers to the general and humane aspects of covenant and its importance in survival of humanity and the role of oath of allegian...

in contemporary arabic literature recalling of quranic characters as the using of characters, events or historical periods in literary works are considered as the latest levels of connection between contemporary literature and his heritage. holy quran is one of the sources which its characters and stories have been used a lot in literature and this has resulted in the enrichment of literature. ...

ali-ibn-e-abbas-al-majusi, well known as haly abbas in the west, a physician, surgeon and psychologist of buyid dynasty era, lived in the 10th century (a.d). he, along with tabari, razi, avicienna, and jorjani, established the foundation of islamic medicine. he authored “kamilu sina’at” or “al-kitab al-maliki” (the royal book), a book on medicine which was used in european universities until th...