the present article begins with an articulation of the significance and relation of ‘query and response’ with both dialogue and its semantic perimeters and discloses the sources of rumi’s thinking about this issue. after this taking a comparative stance, this article briefly explores the background and the significance of query and response, dialogue and dialectic as they relate to both ontolog...

human beings as a percipient creature always deals with “understanding” and every action and reaction of him is accompanied with understanding. from early times, this permanent and significant feature of understanding has made the scholars to investigate the structure and methods for achieving a valid understanding. augustine as a christian impressive saint in early middle age and rumi as a mys...

Abstract Shahab Ahmed’s What Is Islam? The Importance of Being Islamic (2016) challenges Studies scholars, (art) historians, and anthropologists to reconsider theoretical frameworks underpinning historical ethnographic research. This article addresses concerns that studies Islam often conceptually privilege orthodoxy, by including drinking intoxication as worthy close attention in examining the...