In the works of mystics, sheikh, and teachers of morality and education, despotic soul is always blamed and reproved as an interior enemy and a great obstacle in the way of servitude and mystical journey. Wayfarers and disciples are visely warned against this deceitful enemy. In his six books of Mathnawi, Mowlawi mentions the deceit and hypocrisy of the despotic soul by using Quranic verses, Pr...

one of the most important number sequences in mathematics is fibonacci sequence. fibonacci sequence except for mathematics is applied to other branches of science such as physics and arts. in fact, between anesthetics and this sequence there exists a wonderful relation. fibonacci sequence has an importance characteristic which is the golden number. in this thesis, the golden number is observed ...

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 Quran’s illumination forms are important parts of the Iranian illumination art. This research considers the recognition of the visual features of Quranic illumination in Qajar period. The motif, color and combination of the important factors of Quranic illumination are used to classify the illumination. These factors have been selected of the Qajar period in three versions of the illu...

The story of Joseph in the Holy Quran is an adequate context for mystic interpretation and anecdotes. In this story, man’s deepest emotions such as love, hatred, ambition, enmity, etc have been represented. Sometimes, events in this story go beyond what they explicitly state, which has been an asset for Sufis and other scholars. Meybodi, the author of most Well-known interpretation work on Sufi...

the present dissertation aims to investigate four-word lexical bundles in applied linguistics research articles by iranian and internationally-published writers. the aims of this study are two-fold: first of all, attempts have been made to create a comprehensive list of the most commonly used four-word lexical bundles categorized by their type and token frequency, their structural characteristi...