devotedness and honesty of intentions are adornment of personality. the holy religion of islam has always encouraged human to wear this adornments as well as being ethical. the life of prophets and pious ones is full of attempts to be ethically upright and to be away from ingloriousness. the present article studies one of the ethical characteristics of imam ali (as) and exemplifies him as a sym...

background and objectives: a major problem in public health has been the prevalence of chronic diseases. most of these diseases are due to lifestyle changes, especially in the field of nutrition. the iranian islamic teachings have extensive guidelines on the issue of healthy lifestyle and nutrition in particular. on that account, there are many sayings and traditions related to nutrition and it...

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quran is a book of guidance and one can achieve guidance with reference to it. but as qur'an is mostly concerned with generalities and details is left to the prophet (pbuh), to understanding quran it is essential to refer to the hadith of the prophet. but because of unlimited depth of qur'an, the prophet (pbuh) could not explain all the hidden meanings of its verses, so he saw it nece...

The population-ecology approach (the natural-selection model) used to be a major orientation in consideration of organizational change and transformation. It is presented by its proponents as a theory distinct from structural contingency theory. This theory begins by rejecting the claim of contingency theory that organizations are adaptive. Contingency theory understands that the social and bus...