The reasoning verses and argument against the claimants of Divine sonship and Trinitarian monotheism face an epistemological challenge in the eyes of critics of Islam. For them, the excitement-bearing state of the saints` belief in the trinity is of such a high value that is beyond the teachings of the holy Quran. Norman Geisler, the author of Answering Islam has accused the Qur'an of misunders...

The concept of “the Right Imam” is one of the most significant Quranic concepts and has attracted the attention of various jurisprudential, theological, mystical, interpretative, narrative and historical schools. However, it has not been dealt with by a semantic approach yet. Although the word “Imam” with the meaning of right leader has been used in 5 ranks in the Holy Quran, it could be said t...

armenias geopolitics and its historical experience have had a determining impact on the character of its foreign policy .present-day armenia is a small, landlocked country with _11,620 square miles area armenias landlocked nature makes it dependent on the benevolence of its neighbors for access to the outside world a fact that gives it a sense of isolation and vulnerability. as it was indic...

based on the latest records of typhlops vermicularis merrem, 1820 from iran, this species is distributed in the northern and southern regions of the country. in this study, new records of typhlops vermicularis are presented and it is shown that distribution range of this species is extended towards the eastern and western iran, and according to the new distribution map, it can be assumed that t...

The school of Tafkik (separation) argues that religious knowledge and human science, especially philosophy and mysticism, are two detached areas. This school has some views about the interpretation of Quran and the role of tradition on it which is required to be investigated and analyzed. Although this school refers to Ijtihadi approach as a legitimate method in interpretation, it rejects this ...

different researchers in different parts of the world have investigated the strategies used to translate written works ranging from novels to classroom assignments. however, by the significant increase in the number of postgraduate students in iran in the last few years, a very common kind of translation in iran includes translating abstracts of master’s theses. in this work, the researcher hav...

Beside the Quranic verses that propound the same power of men and women to achieve perfection and virtues there are some narrations that express the women's imperfection of talent to reach the high values or imply the existence of different values for men and women. Since the most important perfection in religious thought is closeness to God and to achieve a pure faith and deliverance, the te...

gol-e-gohar iron ore mine of sirjan in southern part of iran is a large open pit that operates below the groundwater table and during mining operation, dewatering is required to prevent operation processes from flooding. current operation is going on by digging wells in or out of the pit and pumping to prevent flooding. as a result of the former dewatering operation a vast deep cone of depressi...