Translation plays a vital role in our lives as it bridges the linguistic and cultural barriers world rapidly taking form of global village. It is notable that language into which highest number books are translated English. This also true for Holy Qur’an, has many available English translations. However, conspicuous feature inaccuracy inconsistency translation due to wrong selection strategies ...

This publication is the fi nal part of commented translation into Russian Introduction ( muqaddim аh ) to tafsir “Jami’ al-bayan ta’wil al- Qur’ān” (The Comprehensive Exposition interpretation Qur’ān) by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (839–923). contains sections devoted names Qur’ān, concepts surah and ayah . The rst them four main holy scripture Islam — qur’ān , furqān kitāb dhikr their etymolo...

We know of some 650 holy springs in Denmark. Their abundance seems to be the reason why a decade ago one of Denmark's leading authorities on late-medieval archaeology wrote that the popular worship of saints in that country appeared to be more closely connected to the cult of holy springs than anywhere else in Europe.' This statement was apparently based largely on post-Reformation sources. A v...

conomists love to say that there is no such thing as a free lunch. But the Chilean government agency responsible for school grants, Junta Nacional de Auxilio Escolar y Becas (JUNAEB), is an exception to the rule. During the school year, JUNAEB provides breakfast and lunch for 2 million children in primary and secondary public schools. In a developing country where about 14 percent of children u...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the world's deadliest communicable diseases. In Ethiopia, tuberculosis patients have different pattern of health care seeking behavior. They usually adopt other approaches like traditional healers and spiritual holy water sites before consulting public health facilities. This study was aimed to assess the prevalence of smear positive pulmonary tubercu...

Background: Most patients experience decreased physical, psychosocial, and spiritual comfort while receiving mechanical ventilation. Regarding the Muslim patients, diminished comfort might be associated with alterations in performing daily rituals, such as saying prayers (salat) and reciting the Holy Qur’an. This pilot study aimed to determine the effects of comfort care integrated with the Hol...

This is an attempt at reviving Kneale's version of the description theory of names, which says that a proper name is synonymous with a definite description of the form 'the individual named so-and-so'. To begin with, I adduce a wide range of observations to show that names and overt definites are alike in all relevant respects. I then turn to Kripke's main objection against Kneale's proposal, a...