In the light of the fact that the Qur’ān is connected to the divine knowledge, this article examines the exegetic opinions and the definitive religious realities, and compares and analyzes them in order to decode the mysterious references made by the Qur’ān to the unmatched victoriousness of Dhul-Qarnayn in designing and founding the infrastructure of a magnificent civilization with a highly de...

although ‘allāma ḥillī and shaykh anṣārī have pointed out the feature of confirmation (iḥrāz) in some of the practical principles, its refinement has been one of mīrzā-yi nā’īnī’s initiatives. he divided the practical principles into “confirming and non-confirming. the confirming principle determines the practical duty of the religiously ccountable (mukallaf) in view of reality, such as: istiṣḥ...

ConstellationsVolume 29, Issue 1 p. 19-33 CRITIQUE OF THE COLONIAL PARADIGM Al-e Ahmad, guardianship, and the critique of colonial sovereignty Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, Corresponding Author Sadeghi-Boroujerdi [email protected] Department Politics International Relations at Goldsmiths, University London, UK Correspondence New Cross, London SE14 6NW, UK. Email: protected]Search for more papers...