Persian poetry first entered the Indian subcontinent during the second period of Qaznavid dynasty in the north of India and is mainly reflected in the poetry of such poets as Masoud Saad Salman. The second wave started with the Moghul invasion during which many Iranian scientists, scholars, poets and Sufis moved to the north of India. The result of this mass emigration was the emergence of such...

Currently, in Iran, some difficulties in the application of conventional medicine, has caused more public interest in using Persian traditional medicine for their health problems. In terms of terminology, Persian traditional medicine, Islamic medicine and traditional medicine have been used interchangeably. Although, proponents of traditional medicine claim a strong basis for its application,...

Some scholars believe that sunnah is as authoritative as the Quran and consider sunnah to be independent while being able to seek help from the Quran about the issues on which the Quran is silent. This theory is contrary to the view of Allameh Tabatabaei and his student Ayatollah Javadi Amoli, who believe that the authority of sunnah originates from the Quran and sunnah is not as authoritative ...

Jihad in Islam has many dimensions, all of which can be gathered as trying to work for God. In the meantime, only on the issue of war have there been many misunderstandings having led to many attacks against Islam. Since increasing tensions in the Islamic region in recent years has led to the growth of the phenomenon of Islamophobia, it is necessary to explain the truth of jihad and revealed th...

The issue of perceiving God in Islamic theology, philosophy and mysticism is very important. It seems that there is no concern regarding the consensus among the proponents and opponents of perceiving God by the visual sense, though mystics have made a lot of efforts to reconcile the visual perception and intuitive discernment. Of these efforts, a typical example can be found in the interpretati...

Verses 172 and 173 of the Chapter Aaraf -known as the verses of the Covenant- are among the most complex verses of the Quran in terms of interpretation. One of the main issues in the interpretation of these verses is the whereabouts of the Covenant. In other words, where has this divine covenant, the contents of which are the divine lordship and the servitude of man, taken place? and where is t...

All commentators have known all Qur'anic cases of the word salih as referring to salah in practice and viewed one doing any deed of salah as salih. Some commentators, however, regarding some Quranic cases of salih that describes prophets as salih as well as the demand of some prophet of God to put them among salihan, have known salih as being a particular position, that is essential salah not b...