many of the mystical verses, which are taken over into the persian literature, do not carry literal translations of those verses. poets have included their own interpretations into their works. in this respect, the phrase faxla’ na’laik… , “put  off thy shoes …”  in surah ta-ha of the holy koran has been taken into focus by many mystical poets. this makes their works in many respects similar to...

Were Byzantine writings about the intermingling of human and angelic voices within ecclesiastical settings merely reflections mystical theology, or were they actual observations movement sound? Focusing on Thessaloniki, we consider how writers described angels, certain chants in divine services animated celestial beings, where painters represented particularly city’s monastic churches. We then ...

Use of holy springs and holy water is inherent in religious activities. Holy spring water is also used extensively for personal drinking water, although not assessed according to drinking water standards. Holy water in churches and chapels may cause infections via wetting of lips and sprinkling on persons. Our aim was to assess the microbiological and chemical water quality of holy springs and ...

language is a system and every system has rules that govern the structure of its vocabulary. the rules of the arabic language are based on the vowels that consistent with the meanings used in the context represent the words' position. there are some basic rules in addition to vowels which are mostly seen in the written texts. one of these rules is the matching rule that refers to the condi...

Abstract The paper presents the analysis of transformation Lake Osieckie, largest lake in Holy Cross region until 2016. It is a valley that according to cartographic materials had undergone no changes shoreline since ca. 1938. nearby activity sulphur mine required building three dikes on lake, dividing it into four independent water bodies. their morphometric properties comparison those origina...

in this paper, an advanced formulation of the spectral finite element method (sfem) is presented and applied in order to carry out site response analysis of 2d topographic structures subjected to vertically propagating incident in-plane waves in time-domain. the accuracy, efficiency and applicability of the formulation are demonstrated by solving some wave scattering examples. a numerical param...

OBJECTIVES Various antibacterial and antiplaque agents are used in chemical plaque control but none are without their shortcomings. Chlorhexidine considered a gold standard, also has an array of side effects. To overcome these, numerous herbal extracts have been tried and tested and one among them is holy basil. The present study evaluated the antibacterial efficacy of holy basil in vitro again...

the byzantine art belogs to the world of christianity. the world of christianity has some characteristics which generally reflect the art works belonging to the christian era. any interpretation, critic and studies of the byzantine era art is possible only if it is done on the basis of knowing the world it belongs to. the core of chritian world is the sacred writ and the divine words. the adven...