since the beginning of the presence of the holy qur’an, criticism and rhetoric have received attention in the areas of culture and thought, too. in this respect we can name some literary and rhetorical works like maj?z al-qur’?n by abu ubaydah ma’mar ibn muthann?, ket?b al-fas?hah by abu h?tam sajest?ni, e’j?z al-qur’?n by j?hez basri, naqd al-nathr wa naqd al-she’r by abu al-faraj qud?mah ibn ...

The authors regret that there is a mistake in the university name in one of the author’s affiliation. It is written over the article as ‘‘Al-ImamMuhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University’’. The correct one is as follows: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Science, Al ImamMohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), P.O. BOX 90950, 11623 Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia The authors ...

abstractibn-nubatah is one of the poets of deterioration era who lived at this time so hispoetry has the trace of both the imitation and repetition of the poets of that time. heused a kind of poetic theme in his poems that lacks the privilege and typicality of agood poem because he imitated some poets like emre'al- qays, tarafah ibn al-a’bd,khansa, hassan ibn sabet al-ansary, ka’b ibn ...

like other religions, there are various currents in imami shiite in the first centuries. this article, relying on discourse analysis and by concentrating on oppositions, attempts to identify the internal shiite currents in iraq and iran in the second and third centuries. according to historical evidences, the opposition between school of hisham ibn al-hakam and majority of shia, which was schoo...

This primary-source study of 4 medical works of the 13th century Muslim scholar Ibn Al-Nafis confirmed that his Kitab Al-Mujaz Fi Al-Tibb was authored as an independent book meant to be a handbook for medical students and practitioners not as an epitome of Kitab Al-Qanun of Ibn Sina as thought by recent historians. His huge medical encyclopedia, Al-Shamil, represents a wave of intense scientifi...

This is a study and translation of the section on pericarditis in Al Taisir book written by the Muslim physician Ibn Zuhr Avenzoar who lived and practiced in Eshbeelia nowadays Seville, Andalusia, Spain between 1091-1162 AD. Ibn Zuhr described the serous type of pericarditis as well as the pathological findings in fibrinous pericarditis. His description of the latter may also fit with the pictu...

we review abscess management by ibn al-quff in the 12 century, described in his book al omdaa (arabic version). he explained in detail how an abscess presents, access for drainage, the proper preparation by the surgeon and patient for a procedure, and technical guidelines. it is considered advanced in ensuring the best results of managing this pathology. much of his advice is already in use, an...

since ethics is one of the subdivisions of practical wisdom, islamic philosopher’s view point is very important in explanation of theoretical and practical reason. this paper is going to analyze the distinction between practical and theoretical reason from haeri’s point of view. in order to finding the roots of his issue, at the beginning we will propose the idea of philosophers like farabi, ib...

ketab-ol-ein, which was written by ahmad farahidi, is one of the oldest dictionaries that exist today. in the preliminary discussion we mentioned that, although historical sources show that the work of ibn abbas looks like a dictionary, it is becoming accepted that ketab-ol-ein is the first dictionary. the article starts with explanations about the life and work of khalilibn ahmad. we have also...