The Jami‘ Mosque of Bam has gone through a long process of transformations including restoration, reconstruction, and renovation.  Much of these works were hidden inside the physical form until the earthquake of 2003 uncovered important structures, among them, the original portal and the flanking twin minarets. These findings question the previously accepted timeline for the mosque and pose new...

Commentator`s interpretative methods is known as one origin for Shiite and Sunni difference in Quran commentaries. Commentators, when interpreting the verses 22-26 of chapter Suad, differ in conciliating prophet Dawood`s purity and wrong. Surveying Shiite and Sunni`s commentary methods comparatively, the paper has intended to study the origins of commentator`s differences. To do so, some Shiite...

Rashid al-din Maybodi, mystic of Sixth century and the author of Kashf al-asrar, and Mohammad bin-Gahlouy in India, mystic of thirteenth century, have the common mystical views. Gahlouy having mystical views has described Masnavi Yousef and Zoleikha written by Jami . One of the subjects is love and Hijran and joiner that has outstanding condition in the mystical thought realm of Maybodi and Gah...

The third verse in the chapter of Maidah has been interpreted differently by fariqain. As is understood by commentaries, it is clear that commentators have used different methods to find the purpose of the verse and they have not followed a particular model. Relying on their own principles and tendencies, they have taken a special way. This paper has studied the methods of commentators under th...

Abstract:      In the post-Islamic centuries, especially after the Mongol invasion, a form of secular worship called Sufism and mysticism emerged, which affected other aspects of Iranian culture, including literature. Mysticism includes certain stages and degrees which the seeker of the path of truth must go through. Many writers, including Rumi, Sanai, Jami, and Attar, have devoted their lite...