This article attempts to study a hadith attributed to Imam Hussein in which he says, "I have only risen to seek reformation." It tries to find that whether the content of hadith suggests reformation of religion or that of nation. The author has concluded that this hadith is neither authentic in its chain of transmission nor acceptable in its content. If one ignores inauthenticity of chain of tr...

Imam Ali (PBUH) has a great place in Sufi ideology. The reflection of Imam’s words in their works is a manifestation of this high status. One of the great Sufis is Sheikh Abd al-Razzaq Kashani (b. 650-660- d. 736 AH) is the inheritor of the Suhrawardiyah way and Ibn-Arabichr('39')s thoughts, whose special devotion to the Ahl al-Bayt (PBUT), especially Imam Ali, is reflected in his writings. Thi...

the ability of composing a coherent and extended piece of writing in second language is considered as a fundamental factor to convey information and ideas of learners through the academic issues. although learners may achieve a perfect academic writing skill through assigning the l2 tasks in content based instruction, but demonstration of their abilities may be related to their ability in l1 es...

while performance-based language assessment has led to an increased authenticity and content validity in the practice of writing assessment, the reliability of ratings has become a major issue. research findings have shown different reactions by native english speaker (nes) and non-native english speaker (nns) teachers to students’ writings. the focus of this study is on investigating whether i...

this study is an outlook of iranians religious practices and customs in eras such as nasser one. it attempts to answer the main question, "religious practices and ceremonies in the society during naseri ruling" and other subsidiary questions with scientific and historical theories. iran was a traditional and religious community . people abided by their religious practices and duties within reli...

an investigation into oral interaction in language classes: a conversation analytic point of view the aim of this thesis is to analyze the interaction between language teachers and students in english language institutes. this work is done in the context of yasuj city. learning another language, which is in most cases english, involves many variables. one of these variables is the linguistic...

Beside the Quranic verses that propound the same power of men and women to achieve perfection and virtues there are some narrations that express the women's imperfection of talent to reach the high values or imply the existence of different values for men and women. Since the most important perfection in religious thought is closeness to God and to achieve a pure faith and deliverance, the te...