as the last celestial message for mankind, the holy quran has not dealt only with economical, spiritual, juristic, ritual, etc. aspects of man’s life; rather, it has constantly taken correction of people’s beliefs into consideration. belief in superstitions and wrong beliefs can harm the society as well as individuals in a serious, irremediable way. damages being caused by evil eyes and belief ...

in his book quranic studies, wansbrough presents two criteria of style and function for typification of old commentatorial texts before al-tabari. recognizing twelve commentatorial devices and borrowing some expressions from jewish commentatorial works, he divides old quranic commentaries into five categories of parabolic, juristic, textual, rhetorical, and analogical. based on literary analysi...

Some people criticize that the classic Fiqh literature mostly focuses on generating ruling to meet requirements of individuals rather than community. This drives society toward individual sense and turns their attention towards perfection personal rituals. On contrary, ShariÑah generally aims at both community individuals, when it requests application SharÊÑah rulings commands. Because fundamen...

Linking branches to fundamentals and build on them is very important for whom setting himself up doing fatwa judgment decision the provisions of jurisprudence; specially in this age which happened many issues that never before old scholar's time they don't have any hint about them, accordingly, obligate shariah's student linking apply reach their provision's jurisprudence. The problem study lie...

How is it possible for song and dance to exist in political incarceration and manifest itself later as public policy responding to apartheid atrocities? Examining the body of songs, oral history accounts, and eye-witness reports provided by fellow-prisoners of Mandela on Robben Island prison, I uncover a psychological environment mediated through music and dance--within the confines of a politi...