نشریه آینه پژوهش
سال بیست و پنجم شماره 5 (پیاپی 150، آذر - اسفند 1393)

Any evaluation of and commentary on the shape and structure of the Qur’an depends on what the researcher’s opinion is about the arrangement and consolidation of the Qur’an verses. The author of this article examines the language and the style of the Qur’an in general; and accordingly analyzes the content and form of certain literary genres which are present in the Qur’an. He also examines the intertextual relations, i.e. various kinds of relations between separate parts in each chapter. Regarding this, he provides some introductory explanation about the arrangement and final consolidation of the Qur’an. He then elaborately discusses some important subjects such as ‘Quran’s literary, stylistics and linguistic characteristic’. Following this, he considers rhymes and structures of verses as a criterion for relative dating; and believes that the agreement between the groups of verses is a kind of standard as well. Finally, he talks of the structural elements of the chapters.

Due to various sayings which are attributed to RuzbahānBaqliShirāziin praise of love, he has long been known as a lover of beauty, and a strong advocate inaddressing the romantic mysticism.Adam (AS) has obtained a prior position in his thoughts. From his point of view, Adam presents the criteria for human beauty and perfection. In the following paper, the author has tried to make use of the Qur’an depictions in order to analyze what has made Adam and his beauty,of all the creatures, so special in Ruzbahān’s view? The author has outlined this paper based on the studying of some of Ruzbahān’s writings in which most of the considerable talking about Adam can be found.These works includeRuzbahān Commentary of the Qur’an,Arāes al-Bayān, Sharh-e Hadith-e Vey, Arāes al-Hadith, Abhar al-Āsheqin andMashrab al-Arvāh. The most important issues raised by the author in this writing are: creation of Adam (AS) in the Quran, Adam against the angels, the relationship between beauty and knowledge, compulsory worship as opposed to optionallove, and…

The last two to three decades have seen the emergence of a new school of Islamic studies in the West, a school whose adherents commonly refer to themselves as ‘revisionists’.The main concern of this direction has been to contest the validity of the traditional Muslim accounts of the place and time of the origin of Islam and to locate this in a more northerly place and in a more recent time. In recent years the thrust of the revisionist tendency has been directed increasingly towards contesting the textual validity of the Qur’an and reconstructing a supposedly older version of the Muslim scripture. In this article, the author is going to talk about these issues.

Although the regulations of promoting the faculty membersor changing their position are in terms of defining and formulating the principles quite useful, they are incomplete in certain aspects such as enactments and explanations about the research works. In this article, the author by providing some examples of Persian literature major raises two suggestions regarding how to review and rate the scientific-research papers. These two proposals are as follows: 1. A technical and exact review of the content of the published papers, not the journals in which they are published; 2. The acceptance of only two joint papers in which the name of a student/students is along with the name of the faculty member who is an applicant for promotion.

One of the most valuable and popular part of al-Menār Journal in the 19th century was ‘al-Majalātva al-Jarāed’ which introduced the journals and publications particularly of the Muslim countries. In the following article, the author presents a list of some of the journals introduced in Volume 12, Number 11 of al-Menar, published in 1326 AH (1909 AD). He also briefly explains about each of them.

Kholāsa al-Ash’ār va Zobda al-Afkār (A Summary of the Poems and the Best Thoughts) is a collection of the most detailed and complete biographies of the Persian poets by Mirtaqi al-Din Kāshi. A part of this book is called Khāteme that includes twelve articles each of which is dedicated to one of the geographical area of Iran. Article IX is about the poets of Shiraz and its suburbs, corrected by Nafise Irāni and published by Mirāth-e Maktoob publication. In the following paper, the author is going to criticize the mentioned correction; hence, he provides some instances from this book in order to depict the erroneous readings and its other problems.

Rastākhiz-e Kalamāt (The Resurrection of the Words) by Rezā Shafi’i Kadkani is a collection of lectures on the subject of Russian formalism, published by Sokhan Publication in 1391. In this book, the author has examined the various aspects of Formalism in comparison with Persian literature in forty articles. In the present paper, the writers try to give a report of this book. Regarding this, they are going to provide a brief summary of the book articles.

The newest publication of The Great Islamic Encyclopedia is volume XIX. One of the entries contained in this volume is the entry: “JahānShāhQara-Qoyunlu” written by ‘RoozbehZarrinkub’. The author of the present article intends to review, rewrite, and complete this entry. Therefore, first of all, he is going to have a look at JahānShāh’s historical and literary character. Following this, he examines his Turkish poems and provides some instances of them. Finally, the author examines the manuscripts of JahānShāh’sDivān (Collection of Poems), his verse epistle to his son and explains what happens to him at the end of his life.

The Principles of Imāmi School by Muhammad Biābāni Oskuie has been published in two volumes. In the first volume the issues of monotheism, justice, and prophecy are discussed; and in the second one, the issues of Imāmat and resurrection are talked about. In the following paper, the author has criticized this book. Regarding this, he firstly provides a brief list of content of the book; and mentions its benefits. Then, he points out the book weak points. Finally, he presents some suggestions.

The collection of Dar TarāzuyeNaqd (On the Criticism Scale) is a series of books on the criticism of modern poetry which were written by an educated elite group. Every one of the volumes of this collection, published by Sokhan publication, is about one of the famous contemporary poet; and includes an introduction, the poet’s life calendar, a selection of his poems, and his bibliography. In the following paper, the author is going to provide a report of the volumesXV and XVI of this collection. The title of the volume XV of this collection is ‘The Poem Which is Life’ written by Majid Qadamyāri; and is about Ahmad Shāmloo’s life and his poems analysis. ‘Khoniāgar-e Mihan (The Country Singer):ĀrefQazvini’s life, and a selection of his poems along with their analyses’ is the title of volume XVI written by HomāMivāni. In order to present a report of these two books, the author first of all briefly explains about the book chapters, and then points out their privileges and shortcomings.

Hallāj is one of the books of a series of pocket books published by Amir Kabir publication. In fact, this book is part of a research project conducted by Dr. Ali Akbar Velayati who has named this series Āfarinandigān Farhang va Tamaddon Islam and Iran (The Creators of the culture and Civilization of Islam and Iran), and in short “Āftāb (Sun)”. Hallāj is a part of this collection, published in 1390. In the following paper, the author is going to criticize this book and points out its problems.

Methodology of the Islamic Studies in the West is a collection of the lectures presented by Abd al-Aziz Sāshādinā in the Department of Civilization Studies in the Research Center of Islamic Sciences and Culture. This book consists of six chapters. In the first five chapters professor Sāshādināexplains about different periods of Islamic studies; and in the sixth chapter he talks of his own method of Islamic studies. This book is going to be published by the publication of the Research Center of Islamic Studies and Culture. In the present article, the author intends to briefly explain about the content of the book chapters.

One of the most important contemporary scholars of Islamic studies in the west is undoubtedly Patricia Crone whose opinions have made important developments in some of the studying areas of Islamic studies. The present paper intends to talk of Patricia Crone, her thoughts and her works; besides, it is going to criticize some of her views. Regarding this, the author is going to focus on two of her books: Hagarism, and Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam.

Any evaluation of and commentary on the shape and structure of the Qur’an depends on what the researcher’s opinion is about the arrangement and consolidation of the Qur’an verses. The author of this article examines the language and the style of the Qur’an in general; and accordingly analyzes the content and form of certain literary genres which are present in the Qur’an. He also examines the intertextual relations, i.e. various kinds of relations between separate parts in each chapter. Regarding this, he provides some introductory explanation about the arrangement and final consolidation of the Qur’an. He then elaborately discusses some important subjects such as ‘Quran’s literary, stylistics and linguistic characteristic’. Following this, he considers rhymes and structures of verses as a criterion for relative dating; and believes that the agreement between the groups of verses is a kind of standard as well. Finally, he talks of the structural elements of the chapters.

Grohmann is an Austrian papyrologist who was responsible for the collection of East papyruses in the Royal Library of Austria. He has talked about the problem of dating early Qur’ans in an article. Having mentioned the publication of the fragments of the Qur’an available in the Vatican Library by Vida in 1947, Grohmann pointed out the importance of the problem of dating the early manuscripts of the Qur’an. In this paper, the author is going to review Grohmann’s article and its content.

Ibn MeysamBahrāni, one of the famous Shi’ite scholars in the seventh century AH, has many works. Most of them have been written on Kalām (discourse) issues. Therefore, having been an expert atIlm al-Kalām (science of discourse), he came to defend Shi’ism through his academic works. In the following paper, the writer has tried to present a descriptive bibliography of Ibn Meysam’s works based on the available resources in the Central Library of Āstān Quds Razavi. Regarding this, he alphabetically names his works, and then explains about their content and different versions. Also, at the end of this article he provides some pictures of Ibn Meysam’s manuscripts.

Muhammad Taqi bin Muhammad Rahim, known as Sāhib Hāshie and the author of Hedaia al-Mustarshedin fi Sharh Osool Ma’ālim al-Din, is one of the chiefs of Imāmie School in the 13th century who has valuable writings. In the present paper, the author firstly provides a brief list of his works such as Risāle Salātie, Tabsare al-Foqahā, Hedaia al-Mustashredin, and …. Following this he gives a detailed report of each of them.