نشریه آینه پژوهش
سال بیست و هفتم شماره 6 (پیاپی 162، بهمن و اسفند 1395)

In the present paper, the author is going to study a verse by Sa’di Shirāzi, “Ān bar sar-e ganjast ke chon noqte be konji benshinad va sargashte cho pargār nabāshad” (One who has the treasure sits in a spot like a dot, and does not wander around like a compass). Therefore, he firstly talks about the interpreters’ views upon this verse, and then express his own opinion. According to him, Sa’di had a glance at a writing and orthography tradition of his time relying upon which he adds an artistic image to the original meaning. This image is related to the Back then, it was .”“ way of writing the letter common among the writers to use one or more dots in order to show the difference between the letters The author believes that the poet .”˜“ and ”“ used this slight difference in his choice of words in order to create a picture of the original meaning of the verse in the readers’ minds.

In the fourth article of the series of publications titled “Skimming Manuscripts”, the author has scrutinized the text of several manuscripts which are as follow: · A text on the history of a number of plagues and earthquakes happened in the area of Azerbaijan and Marāghe between the years 1194 to 1261 AH. · A note on famine, flood, and deaths from 1247AH.
· A page in which Changiz’s crimes and killings are compared with the other bloody events of the history, and Mongol incident is considered as the worst event to date.
· A Qajar-period secretary’s report in the introduction to a book called Chāresāz. In this report, he explains some of Imam Ali’s (AS) statements, and comes up with some points about the secretaries and the state of a secretary in Qajar era.
· Allame Majlesi’s memory about an Indian ascetic’s travel to Isfahan.
· Presenting a topic on when the wishes come true,by having a look at the astronomers’ influence on Safavid politicians in Hal ol-Masāel by Qutboddin Lāri
· The text of waqf-nāme (a letter of donation) oftwo volumes of Misbāh by Hāji Nasīm.

In a series of publication on history, culture, and literature, the author of the following paper has provided some reports as follows:· Tips on the curse of the left side and the blessing of the right side among some cultures
· The history of the school closures on Fridays
· The wrong translation of the Arabic proverb
‘Thata moddat-e bima’
· Interesting semantic similarity regarding the word cemetery among Arabic, English, and Persian language.

In order to get familiar with the archive, one needs to get acquainted with the archival centers across the country and the world. If the centers’ way of working and providing services is known, those interested can go there whenever necessary. At least, knowing about these centers is very essential. Therefore, due to the importance of being acquainted with documents and archival centers of the country, the authors of this paper, which is the sixth work in the series of articles on documents, have tried to introduce 17 archival centers of Iran. Regarding this, they provide some general information and speaks of the centers’ websites for the researchers.

Zahr or-Rabi’ (Spring Bloosoms) is one of the famous works of Seyyed Ne’matollah Jazāyeri, Shiite scholar of 11th and 12th century AH and one of the students of the second Majlesi’s. He was a scholar of many skills and was also good at literature. Therefore, his anthology-like book is rich in good literary works. The following rticle is going to present some points about this book to the readers.

Bāng-e Ney (Ney Crying) contains a long masnavi by Amīr Hooshang Ibtihāj (Sāye) composed in Moulavi’s Masnavi-e Ma’navi meter. The poet has also taken the symbol of Ney from Moulavi, and in a new coding has connected it with the modern conceptions. Using a refined and elegant language in his book, Sāye has been able to restate modern man’s beliefs, pains, and aspirations in an ancient form. His artistic rhyming and extensive using of figure of speech which is quite obvious in the music of the poem is interwoven with the context and do not seem to be fake at all. The author of the present paper is going to study the similar yet different foundation of Bāng-e Ney in comparison with ancient poem, particularly Masnavi-e Ma’navi, and point out part of the beliefs reflected in it. Besides, he provides an aesthetic report of some of the verses.

Information technology is the most important factor affecting human life today. Due to the rapid developments caused by this factor, certain ethical issues in the theoretical and applied areas have arisen which have not been considered yet. On the other hand, the necessity of indigenization of humanities and Islamic sciences impose some requirements such as theoretical background of IT professional ethics which should be comprehended and reached. The Secretariat of the Supreme Council of Information has organized a series of studies in various related fields and published some of them, one of which is IT Ethical Issues in Islamic Traditions. The author of the following paper is going to categorize and present the criticisms leveled against this book in several groups: 1. methodological criticisms, 2. criticisms regarding the study of the traditions, 3. criticisms of translation, writing, and editing.

Around 200 years ago, Zein ol-Ābidīn bin Muhammad Atabāti, Misbāh az-Zulomāt fi Tafsīr at-Torah’s author, used Jewish primary sources such as Talmud, Ein-e Ya’qub , and… to introduce Torah. According to the author, this treatise is only an introduction to his detailed commentary on Torah; however, apparently he didn’t manage to write this detailed commentary or it didn’t reach us. Although he has been innovative in his work and the present treatise involves some good innovations in comparative studies, his approach is quite critical, and hence this work is considered as a refutation. The writer of the following article has made an attempt to introduce this book. Regarding this, he firstly speaks of the author, his academic status, and his works. Then, he studies the apparent characteristics of Misbāh az-Zulomāt. The other issues raised in this paper include the table of contents, the style, and the content of the treatise.

Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction, by Michael Loux (Routledge, 3rd edition, 2006) and translated by Sālih Afrough and Yāser Pour Ismā’īli, is one of the books which are published by Hekmat Publication under the title of “concrete philosophy”. This book is the first work translated in Farsi in the field of analytic metaphysics. The author of the following paper is going to write a review on this translation.

In Hille-ye Tanīde ze Del (The House of Intertwined Hearts) is an anthology of contemporary odes and includes 191 odes by 85 poets. These odes, which have been selected, studied and explained by Ezzatollāh Foulādvand, are published in two volumes. The first volume includes 43 selected odes of 11 poets, takes a glance at the poets’ biography, and provides a brief literary report of their poems. The second volume only contains the chosen odes that is 148 odes composed by 74 poets. In the present paper, the author is firstly going to introduce the book and speaks of its features. Following this, he intends to criticize it from different point of views and in five parts: selection of poets and poems, research about poets and poems, finding fault with the poets, error in quoting the poems, shortcomings and mistakes in print.

One of Allame Hasan bin Yousef bin Ali bin Motahhar Helli’s valuable works is an interdisciplinary and rather brief work called Al- Risālat as-Sa’dia, also known as as-Sa’dia. This treatise begins with some preliminary explanations of the principles of jurisprudence followed by a chapter which is about the five principles of Shiite religion and also several jurisprudential issues. Finally, the treatise ends with two short chapters, one of which is on persuading people into doing some of the ethical works, and the other one is on deterring people from vices. Therefore, Al- Risālat as-Sa’dia includes a number of topics on the principles of jurisprudence, theology and jurisprudence, and ethics. As Allame states at two points in the introduction to this treatise, he wrote this work for Sa’doddin Muhammad bin Ali Sāvoji and dedicated the reward of its writing to him. The treatise is surely named Sa’dia after this person. The following paper intends to ntroduce this treatise and explain some of its writing features and peculiarities. Regarding this, the author firstly scrutinizes the issue of the treatise attribution to Allame Helli and the date of its wirting. Following this, he presents other issues such as the structure, content, versions, translations, explanations, and prints. In the last part he criticizes the second edition of Abdolhossein Muhammad Ali Baqāl’s correction of Al-Risālat as-Sa’dia, and provides some examples from the text to show some of the mistakes.

The science of recitation studies various issues including the steps of the formation of the science of recitation, types of recitation in the terms of agreement with Arabic language and compliance with the document and tradition, the difference between recitations and its reasons as well as its benefits, different kinds of recitations, and…. One of the important issues examined by the Islamic scholars in this science is different types of recitation in terms of speed. Having listed the names of the books which have dealt with this issue, the author of the following paper discusses the brief explanations provided by them.