Antonym in Surah Al-Furqan (Analysis of Ali Al-khulli's Semantics of Meaning Relations)

the Seventeenth Verse of Surah Al- Mominun

The term “seven ways” in the seventeenth verse of Surah Al-Mominun which has only been used in Quran once is generally interpreted as “seven heavens” or “seven overhead ways” and it has become the origin of some doubts. Exclusive attention to one meaning and ignoring the others, and paying no heed to the context of this verse and its collocations are possibly the origin of this viewpoint. Consi...

Ali S. Al-Aufi

The emergence of networked information and communication has transformed the accessibility and delivery of scholarly information and fundamentally impacted on the processes of research and scholarly communication. The purpose of this study is to investigate disciplinary differences in the use of networked information for research and scholarly communication at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. Th...

Ali S. Al-Aufi

Green incentives are included in the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009” (ARRA). It is, however, unclear how these government incentives can be carried out most effectively according to market-based principles and if they can serve as a catalyst for an accelerated green transformation and an ultimate solution to the current U.S. and global economic and financial crisis. The article...

Typology of Similar Verses in “Tafsir al-Mizan” Focusing on Shafa’at (Intercession) in Surah al-Baqarah

Among the verses of the holy Quran which are all illumination, some verses are remarkably prominent, enlighten other verses, and closely correspond to other verses. Understanding such verses is only possible by making use of the Quran-through-Quran interpretation method. “Tafsir al-Mizan”, which is one of the most efficient interpretations of the present age, has managed to greatly illuminate t...

Critique of Arabic Texts/ Critical Review of Al-Adab al-Arabi Min-Asr al-Jahili, Ali Ghahramani and Masoud Bavanpour