6 / journal (spring summer ( 2012 issue 6research in arabic language and literature: foreign languages faculty research biannualnarcissism signs in al-mutanabbi’s lifeand fakhr (poems in which the poet exalt himself/herself)khodadad bahri*abstractal-mutanabbi is one of the most salient arab poets as well as one of the most effective ofthem in arabian literature. he has composed many poems in ...

the household of the prophet (a) have played a significant role in explaining and interpreting the verses of qur'an. in addition to shia interpreters, sunni interpreters too have benefited much from these interpretations. they mostly refer to the virtues and the high status of the household (a) in their interpretations that show the elevated position of ahl al-bayt (as) in the interpretati...

from the antiquity, muslim scholars have always been interested in working on the hadiths(talks) of the prophet mohammad (pbuh). since then, the hadiths, in all fields, especially in fields of health and medicine, have attracted the attention of many scholars, leading to the publication of a number of books on hadiths as well as the collection of hadiths, including those related to health. the ...

abū l-ḥasan alī ibn al-‘abbās al-majūsī ahvazi (? 930-994 ad), best known as haly abbas in the west, was a 10th century persian physician whose lifetime coincided with the flourishing of medical science in the near east, the islamic medicine golden age, an era extending from the 9th to the 12th centuries ad. haly abbas, in his extant book kāmil al-sinā‘ah al-tibbīyah (the perfect book of the ar...

abd al-rah?m?n al-s??f? is a well-known astronomer who has some works in astronomy, mathematics and alchemy. the importance of his s?uwar al-kaw?kib (book about the constellations) caused that researchers don’t practice his other works. four treatises on astrolabe are ascribed to al-s??f?, any one of them is in persian. attribution of the three arabic treatises among these four to him is certai...

historiography by sunnīs on the subject of the purified imams (a.s.)’s life started along with the shī‘as’ and has continued ever since. the evolutionary development of this trend, which has had its ups and downs proportionate to the cultural vicissitudes of the muslim world, requires undergoing serious studies. despite addressing such issues as the why, the how, and the context of the producti...

abstract satire is one of the methods of expressing in literature that is used in two ways of direct and indirect. among these two methods, the second one is used more by the poets and writers because it helps them escaping from being face to face with the governments and their organizations. concerning the iraqi government and its cruel policies on those days, using first kind of satire was pr...