There is a visible and invisible element in all creatures. There are also realities in human beings, some of which are visible and most of which are invisible. The preference of the invisible is not limitted only to quantities but includes qualitaties also. This division is inspired by the verses 38 and 39 of Haqqah: Most commentators of the Holy Qur'an believe that the external instances of th...

Commentators have offered various views on the Quranic sentence: "Say: Even though ye had been in your houses, those appointed to be slain would have gone forth to the places where they were to lie. On the well-known view, those killed when fighting are killed in their own death time. The question here is whether killing in war is an unavoidable fate for the victim. Does avoidance from the case...

Inferential method of Quranic commentary has been regarded a kind of commentary along with other methods such as those of Quran to Quran and Quran to tradition. The holy Quran includes reasonable proofs and in many verses call up us to think, reasoning and meditation. Using the power of reason and reasonable tokens in Quranic commentary is rooted in the tradition of the Prophet (s) and His hous...

Hunger has been always regarded as one of the signs in mysticism and morality and all Sufis have known it as one of the bases for their special manner of life. Some have known it to mean eating based on need, some other to mean fasting and some to mean not eating but necessarily. The author, as is understood in the paper, relying on Quran and sunnah, has explained that the meanings are intended...

Quranic inscriptions are the inseparable elements of mosque ornaments, promoting the Islamic culture and reflecting the socio-political conditions of the given era. Due to its importance and vastness together with several structural periods and the volume of decorations, Jameh Mosque of Isfahan is one of the structures containing most of the historical religious inscriptions related to Iranian ...

Intertextuality, introduced following linguistic researches in the West, is a newly coined term that refers to an old notion and was previously known in terms like: citation, adaptation, borrowing and mimesis. Most of the Muslim poets have been inspired by Quran since it has always been a source of inspiration for them, opening new horizons in front of their eyes. Thus, using Quranic verses has...

In some verses of holy Quran including 75 of Baqara, 46 of Nisaa and 13 and 41 of Maida the word distortion, tahrif, has been mentioned clearly. This Quranic term being used with regard to the people of the book, has been linked to the changing of the Testaments. The verses in the field have not described the changing in detail, considering the traditions, however, one may understand a kind of ...