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...

In this paper, we analyse the Quran description of phenomena linked to the evolution of the universe in the light of our present knowledge in this domain. In fact, according to the Quranic text, the verses concerning Astronomy may be classified into two categories: the verses related to the solar system and those concerning the universe in general. For the first category, the Quran specifies th...

The Holy Quran is the biggest Miracle of Muslims everywhere and at every time; therefore, it is valid for every time and place. Actually, researches and studies into the Holy Quran that aim to uncover new miracles within are considered as a kind of worship for Muslims researchers since it facilitates the Islamic mission and clarifies the vague picture of Islam throughout the world. From this pe...

This paper presents a new root-extraction approach for Arabic words. The approach tries to assign for Arabic words a unique root without relying on a database of word roots, a list of word patterns or a list of all the prefixes and the suffixes of the Arabic words. Unlike most of Arabic rule-based stemmers, it tries to predict the root-letters positions one by one based on some rules and relati...

This article aims to probe the discourse surrounding debate between classical and modern interpretations of Quran factors contributing these interpretation styles' formation evolution. The first is considered textualist does not use much an outside scientific approach inherited from Islam. In contrast, enunciated depart traditional Islamic scholarly traditions employ social science approaches. ...

In recent years, there has been a global growing demand for Islamic knowledge by both Muslims and non-Muslims. This has brought about a number of automated applications that ease the retrieval of knowledge from the Holy Book, being the major source of Knowledge in Islam. However, the current retrieval methods in the Quranic domain lack adequate semantic search capabilities; they are mostly base...

Mystical experiences represent a fundamental dimension of human existence. These experiences are commonly reported across all cultures. A mystical experience subjectively is characterized by encountering the divine in a way that disrupts the normal sense of self . The definitions of mystical experience used in research and clinical publications vary considerably, ranging from "upheaval of the t...