One of the outstanding works about allegorical and difficult Quranic verses is 'Mutashabih ul-Quran wa Al-mukhtalif Fih' by Mohammad Ibn Ali Ibn Shahr Ashub Mazandarani. In this book, he has analyzed the Quranic allegorical verses in distinct topics and the domain of his discussions revolve around various topics such as belief principles, religious commandments, and Quranic sciences. He sees al...

recent studies in scientific education as well as foreign and second language instruction suggest that thinking has rarely been an integral part of education and training in classroom. some scholars decried the lack of emphasis on thinking in the institutes and schools. they noted that memorization and drills were rewarded,while inquiry, reflection, and consideration of alternatives were frowne...

The question of the authority of the exterior of the Quran is among the issues common to usul al-fiqh (the principles of Islamic jurisprudence), tafsir (interpretation) and Quranic sciences. The present article delves into this issue discussing the most prominent theories about it such as the views of Akhbari and Usuli scholars. The critiques of the theory that seeks to refute this authority ar...

The story of Joseph in the Holy Quran is an adequate context for mystic interpretation and anecdotes. In this story, man’s deepest emotions such as love, hatred, ambition, enmity, etc have been represented. Sometimes, events in this story go beyond what they explicitly state, which has been an asset for Sufis and other scholars. Meybodi, the author of most Well-known interpretation work on Sufi...

abstract: research purpose: the purpose of this research is to identify academic databases assessment factors and criteria at law and political science majors. the necessity of this research is to distinguish academic databases assessment factors and criteria and to identify the most important ones and rank them in order to select an appropriate database according to students’ and faculty memb...

In various Quranic verses, Muslims have been commanded to meet opponents with `afw and safh, of the verses, 109 of Baqara and 13 of Maidah deal with `afw and safh as the way for meeting the people of the book. The Quranic commentators and scholars disagree on the problem that whether meeting those of the book with `afw and safh may be considered as a contemporary and tactical way to achieve the...

this experimental study has been conducted to test the effect of oral presentation on the development of l2 learners grammar. but this oral presentation is not merely a deductive instruction of grammatical points, in this presentation two hypotheses of krashen (input and low filter hypotheses), stevicks viewpoints on grammar explanation and correction and widdowsons opinion on limited use of l1...