prominent contemporary jurist and commentator, ayatollah khu’i opines a comprehensive theory about the naskh in al-bayan. he challenges all claims of naskh in quran by setting some conditions, except in one case. considering that the concept of naskh is not an optional concept and it has religious effects, it can be expanded or restricted only with valid evidence and foundations. in this paper,...

finger reckoning is one of the five types of signification(dalala),which al – jahiz mentioned in his book, al–bayan wa al–tabyin . by this he meant a particular representing numbers by means of the outstretched or bent fingers and their various positions .finger reckoning can be traced in some prose and verse writings and traditional(hadith) sources; for example, in a recorded speech through wh...

maqsad-ol-aqsa fi tarjamat-ol-mostaqsa« is a detailed history of mohammad (peace be upon him) and the khalifas, which is translated from arabic by hossein ibn el-hassan el-khwarazmi el-kubravi (died in a.h. 839). his other writings prove his talent in many different scientific fields such as gnosticism, commentary of quran, mathematics and astronomy. his poems were published as »the name of hos...

one of the recent inquiries in the field of hadith studies is the investigation of transferred traditions and their causes and impacts on shi‘i hadith circles. by exploring some traditions in the hadith collection of al-shaykh al-saduq and comparing the textual similarities and also the chain of transmitters, this research attempts to show that traditions of jewish origin in the shi‘i hadith ci...

This report summarizes the results of 64 percutaneous catheter drainage of abdominal abscesses and fluid collections in 56 patients. Aspiration and drainage was guided with computed tomography in 34 patients and with ultrasound in 30 patients. Success rate was 90%. Infected collections were successfully drained in 94% and noninfected collections in 72% . Partial success was achieved in two...