Theological thoughts can be surely traced in Muslim’s historiography. Three Shi‘ite historical works including al-Irshad By Sheikh Tusi, A‘alam al-Vara by Tabarsi and Kashf al-ghomma by Irbali have been brought into consideration in a case study method and consequently, it has been concluded that the works are made up of a mixture of theological trends and historiographical methods. When co...

The holy Qurān is the revealed book of Muslims. In addition, it is a literary and artistic text which contains all features of an artistic work both in form and content. On the other hand, since Mysticism may be regarded as an aesthetic view to religion and scriptures, in the evolutionary process of interpretation, some commentators have interpreted the Qurān in regard to these two characterist...

The first part of this paper is the translation of Nicholson's introduction to Kashf Al- Mahjub. This includes Hojviri's biography and his lost works. Then it discusses Hojviri's great work, "Kashf-Al-Mahjub" in detail, referring to his references such as Al-Lom of Sarräj and Risale-i Qosheyriyyih and to some of his manuscripts as well. About the Exceptional part fourteen of the book, Nicholson...