According to numerus Quranic Verses¡ Iblis(satan) snobbed and disobeyed God¡ s order of prostrating before Adam.Consequently¡ he was cursed by the Exalted God nonetheless¡ he was given permission to template and seduce God¡s servants until the Judgment Day. In accordance with this principle¡ the mass of Muslims found him guilty¡ cursed him continually¡ and sought refuge to God from his evil.B...

acknowledgements i wish to express my gratitude to all those who have helped me in preparing this thesis. i would like to express my deep gratitude to my respected advisor dr. kourosh akef, whose advice and comments helped me in the early stages of the research and throughout the writing process. i would also like to express my gratitude to dr. hajar khanmohammad whose invaluable guidance he...

according to coates’s (2004, as cited in zhang, 2010) definition of "conversational dominance" (p.111), it refers to the phenomenon of a speaker dominating others in interaction. specifically, it means how a speaker makes use of certain strategies to get the floor and maintain the floor. thus, the amount of talk is the main measurement for the dominance of the conversation. whether a speaker do...