One of the dimensions of human life is its socio-political aspect. In this regard an important issue is the view of Islam towards the formation of government at the age of occultation. Referring to certain traditions, some believe that any kind of uprising and revolution prior to the emergence of Hazrat Qaem (Aj.) will be unlawful and add, “Any flag which is raised prior to the emergenc...

This comparative study aimed at finding out the types of grammatical shifts which have occurred in two English translations of the Quranic rhetorical questions, and the impact of such shifts on the said rhetorical questions. For these purposes, the study firstly analyzed the Arabic and English texts syntactically using the x-bar theory for Haegeman (2006) and then classified the grammatical shi...

Holistic care is the evaluation of the physical and mental states of individuals. Considering the importance of spirituality in healthcare and its pivotal role as the first step toward providing spiritual care, this study was conducted to determine the perception of Iranian nurses towards spirituality in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Methods: This study was conducted on nine participan...

The relation between Shiʿism and Sufism has been long a matter of discussion among scholars, leading to a spectrum of views: some maintain that the two are identical, and, on the other extreme, some believe that they are totally divergent. However, the love for the Imams of the Shiʿa is shared by all Sufi orders, including the Sufis of Khurasan. As the paragons of spirituality and representativ...

hashemiat are title of eight religious, sociopolitical and revolutionary odes that have been verified by kumait ibn zeyd asadi; in fact these odes are considered as the first and foremost work of him and they have been versified approximately fifteen or twenty years after martyrdom of imam hossein (pbuh) within the suffocating and oppressive ruling period of umayyads and they were propagated pr...

The three autosomal trisomy syndromes, which appear to be specific and well documented, are Down's syndrome (trisomy 21), Edwards' syndrome (trisomy 18), and Patau's syndrome (trisomy 1315). Down's syndrome was decribed in 1866 (Down, 1866), and the chromosomal nature of the disorder was demonstrated by Lejeune, Turpin, and Gautier in 1959. The rarer Edwards' and Patau's syndromes were describe...