Ayatollah Sobhani has commented on Surat al-Farghan in his work: Simaye Insani Kamil dar Qora, the Perfect Man's Image in the Qur'an. The present article is a comparative study of Ayatollah Sobhani's interpretation of this chapter in comparison with that of Allameh Tabatabai. Among the commonalities of these two interpretations is the use of the Qur'anic verses as the most important interpretat...

It has been over five decades since the concept of “spiritual health” was first introduced in academic texts, and although many studies have been conducted on the subject, there exists no consensus on its definition and components yet. Nonetheless, this concept has been an inextricable part of Islamic Theology, which is more than several hundred years old. Therefore, it can be asserted that obs...

To analyze seminary currents' stance from 1960s till the victory of Islamic revolution, a different theoretical framework can be put forward. Western writers often speak of three currents: "completely political", "moderate" and "radical". Some internal writers mention three currents;"conservative and nonpolitical","moderate" and "revolutionary".According to most Shiite jurisprudents' who consid...

The Quran’s illumination forms are important parts of the Iranian illumination art. This research considers the recognition of the visual features of Quranic illumination in Qajar period. The motif, color and combination of the important factors of Quranic illumination are used to classify the illumination. These factors have been selected of the Qajar period in three versions of the illu...