background: plants and fruits are an essential component of the universe. human beings have used those as medicine from the very beginning of time. according to holy quran, the fruits like grape, date, fig, olive and pomegranate are gifts and heavenly fruits of god. eighteen fruits and plants name have been mentioned in the holy book of moslem. a phytochemical screening of these fruits and plan...

there is a quotation in the holy quran (21:105) from the book of psalms: “the righteous shall inherit the earth”. a similar sentence can be found in psalm (37:29). a comparison between these verses would illustrate that “salih” is the quranic equivalent of the hebrew word “saddiq”. this equivalence would allow us to compare usages of “salih” in quran and “saddiq” in the book of psalms. this com...

phenomenon of understanding the meaning of a text is highly taken into consideration and viewed from different perspectives nowadays. hermeneutics is among those detailed discussions related to this field. among discussions related to the phenomenon of understanding and its explanation as well as interpretation is ethics of them: whether or not man has any responsibility to the text he is tryin...

Background: Invasive procedures could change the physiological responses of neonates. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of the sound of the Holy Quran on the physiological responses and pain caused by heel stick blood sampling in neonates. Methods: This three-stage, two-group, clinical trial was conducted on 72 hospitalized term neonates at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) ...

The concept of Public Relations (PR) is widely applied in a great diversity of institutions or organizations and it is considered as a powerful instrument to gain the mutual understanding and reciprocal benefits from stakeholders. This paper attempts to offer the certainly important principles and objectives of Islamic Public Relations (IPR), as well as to explore its features and characteristi...