the present writing seeks to explain the concepts of ummas and the ethnic exclusivism in light of the holy scripture and the concept of ummī (illiterate) and ummiyūn, in the holy qur’ān. is the title ummī equivalent to polytheist and idolater or is it applied to the gentile people? similarly, does the prophet muḥammad’s (s.a.w.) being called ummī in the qur’ān concern his being illiterate, or, ...

throughout history several translators with different motives and styles have tried to translate the holy koran. the study of their goals and styles/ their strong and weak points can be a way to present improved translations of the holy koran in the future. focusing on the hamd sura, this article studies three well-known german translators of koran (salomon schweigger, david friedrich megerlin,...

materials and methods this was a three-armed parallel-group randomized clinical trial in which 168 pregnant women (25-28 weeks) in their first and second pregnancies were divided into three groups of 56 (holy quran with translation, holy quran without translation, and control group) by randomized blocking. the intervention was implemented once a week for three weeks in the health center, and on...

member of the teaching staff in al. zahra university the lives of holy prophet and imams peace be upon them are full of points which can clarify most of fundamental policies in different scientific, gnostical, social, political and defensive fields. the careful and multilateral examintion of the holy prophet and imams' lives peace be upon them, specially by using the new methode is one of ...