Scientific miracle is one of the aspects of miracle in the Holy Quran. The Holy Quran includes verses referring to scientific fact, those proved by development of human knowledge and scientific equipments after passing 14 centuries from the revelation of the Quran. The verse 4 of Munafiqun verse: "as though they were blocks of wood in striped cloaks" is among those verses which, based on a spec...

This article is an attempt to support the theory of “the verbal and spiritual revelation of the holy Quran” simultaneously by Allah the Exalted on the basis of the traditions narrated in Shiite sources. Moreover, on the basis of the stress traditions put on the revelation of the holy Quran in a special language and explaining the two terms “verse and meaning” in regard of the revelation of th...

Background: The current study reviews fundamentals of medical obstetrics in Holly Quran. The Holy Quran have clearly explained the pregnancy and obstetrics events. As these general subjects play an important role in healthy fertility in human beings, this study is done to discuss some important fundamentals of obstetrics, including pregnancy, healthy fertility and lactation. Methods: The metho...

cultural iran is a scope that is more extended than the political territories of iran as a political unit. this concept means that cultural geography(mehdi moghanlo-1383-1) of iran is greater than its political geography which, according to history, has a long history extending west-east from kandahar to the euphrates and north-south from the persian gulf to the caucasus including transoxiana a...

according to coates’s (2004, as cited in zhang, 2010) definition of "conversational dominance" (p.111), it refers to the phenomenon of a speaker dominating others in interaction. specifically, it means how a speaker makes use of certain strategies to get the floor and maintain the floor. thus, the amount of talk is the main measurement for the dominance of the conversation. whether a speaker do...

gol-e-gohar iron ore mine of sirjan in southern part of iran is a large open pit that operates below the groundwater table and during mining operation, dewatering is required to prevent operation processes from flooding. current operation is going on by digging wells in or out of the pit and pumping to prevent flooding. as a result of the former dewatering operation a vast deep cone of depressi...

The concept of “the Right Imam” is one of the most significant Quranic concepts and has attracted the attention of various jurisprudential, theological, mystical, interpretative, narrative and historical schools. However, it has not been dealt with by a semantic approach yet. Although the word “Imam” with the meaning of right leader has been used in 5 ranks in the Holy Quran, it could be said t...