rhetoric – which means correspondence of discourse to the conditions of the audience – has always been considered as the manifestation of the quran’s inimitability and matchlessness. accordingly, semantics has been invented to obtain an exact understanding of the different dimensions of rhetoric in discourse in general, and in the divine word in particular. this science sets out to inspect disc...

one of the most important topics in the field of jurisprudence and interpretation of the noble quran is freedom of religion which is also drawn into the political sphere. discussions on the seeming conflict between verses of sword and denial of duress have aroused controversies among researchers. one of the four following possible relationships can be established between verses of sword and den...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Many patients suffering from stroke exhibit denial of illness. As part of this symptom complex we observed denial of eye closure. We therefore aimed to document the frequency and phenomenology of denial of eye closure in acute stroke. METHODS Denial of eye closure was sought in 43 cases of denial of illness from a series of 400 acute strokes. Subjects underwent a neurol...