نشریه مطالعات قرآنی و فرهنگ اسلامی
سال چهارم شماره 4 (پیاپی 16، زمستان 1399)

"Security" which means feeling calm and relieved from fears and threats, is one of the most essential needs of human beings that has received widespread attention from the Holy Qur'an. However, due to historical-discourse distances from the time of revelation of the Holy Qur'an, security is often confined to concepts such as fighting or verses such as Anfal/60, and other important aspects of this issue has been far from the view of Islamic scholars. Therefore, this study, taking an anthropological approach towards security, tries to study fear of holes, one of the main but neglected types of fear in pre-Islamic Arab culture, and illustrates some of the lesser-known teachings of the Holy Qur'an in this regard. In this essay, it was concluded that the fear of holes can be classified into four major categories: fear of hole as a destructive cause, fear of hole as a too narrow place, fear of hole as a place for communication, and ultimately fear of hole as a place for intrusion. This anthropological achievement can shed more light on neglected dimensions of security in the Holy Qur'an, and thus, help Muslim scholars to comprehend some Qur'anic verses more precisely.

A way of Mary's worship,which is reported in verse 43 of Sura Al-e-Imran, had always been discussed throughout the history of the interpretation of the Quran. According to this verse,the angels command Mary to perform qunut, prostration and bowing with those who bow.There are two main questions about this verse: one is whether it is a new legislation and the other is whether such worship has its roots in the history of the Jewish tradition. The present article has tried to explore this ambiguous point in the history of Quranic interpretation with an analytic-historical approach in addition to showing the contradictions of the opinions of the commentators in this regard. And by referring to the Jewish scripture and it's most important commentary , the Talmud, to find a convincing answer. The result of exploration is that,according to the history of the Jewish tradition, the worship mentioned in the verse was a common worship among the Jews, which was held collectively and ,of course, was reserved for men.The quran also gives a historical account of that worship,and therefore, Mary is commanded to perform the same prayer with men. Therefore,Mary's association with men in this prayer has been a new legislation.

One of the important value concepts in the Holy Quran is the concept of Hejrat. This research intends to study the Quranic concept of Hejrat and discover its semantic layers with context-based semantics and based on the analysis of Syntagmatic Relations. In the semantic system of the Holy Quran, the word Hejrat is not used, but it is interpreted as Mohajerah. Faith is the most central concept that accompanies it, explicitly or implicitly in almost all verses. The frequent accompaniment of the phrase " the way of Allah " also emphasizes the need for divine guidance and purity in Hejrat. Hejrat is a Qur'anic approach to the realization of divine worship for the oppressed believers and means the voluntary departure of the oppressed believer from the homeland, based on the sacrifice of faith in the homeland. However, faith precedes Hejrat, and Hejrat without faith is worthless, However, the matter of Hijr is defined in the structure of Solasi Mazid in the Holy Qur'an (section of Mufaeiluh), in the sense of emigration from the homeland and leaving the country. Therefore, the main meaning of Hejrat in the Qur'an is spatial Hejrat and Hejrat from disbelief to faith.

Relative synonymy is done by paying attention to the number of meanings of a linguistic unit The words "Sanah and Aaam", both of which are used in the Qur'an, seem synonymous at the beginning This article seeks to answer the semantic aspects of these two pairs of words in the verses of the Holy Quran. By referring and paying attention to the lexical books and the historical context of the verses, it became clear that these two pairs of words are each inherently used in the Qur'an in three semantic aspects. What they have in common is the real meaning (lunar calendar) and the virtual meaning (time). And the difference between them is that "Sanah" is used for both lunar and solar calendars and includes the word "Aaam" which is used only for lunar calendars. Also, these two words, according to their use in some verses, are in conflict with each other in one of their semantic aspects. "Sanah" is used for a year in which drought, severe events, and severe divine afflictions have occurred. But "Aaam" is used for a year in which there was a lot of abundance of blessings and comfort in life

Man's closeness to God has been considered as his final appointment and point of perfection and has been the concern of believing servants. What is the importance of nearness to God and what are the ways to obtain it, has been considered by Quranic thinkers and commentators and an attempt has been made to examine different aspects of the issue. The issue of spiritual closeness has been discussed in the Qur'an in the form of Seleucid status and formative closeness, and supplies and quality are arranged on them. The aim of the present study is to examine the truth or permissibility of proximity in the Qur'an. . This article examines this dimension of the subject in a descriptive-analytical manner, citing the opinions of commentators. Some commentators, by avoiding falling into the valley of incarnation and similitude, have considered the nearness of God as a metaphor for God's knowledge and surroundings, and have not been able to attribute an independent truth to it. One of the principles of truth-seekers in proving their view is the art of the Qur'an in the supernaturalization of concepts with material applications, which has also occurred in the case of proximity.

The Qur'anic word "Ḥaṣur" is mentioned only once in verse 39 of Surah Al-Imran and in the description of the Prophet Yahya(PBUH). However, its root, "Ḥ-Ṣ-R", has been used six times in the Holy Qur'an. Most commentators and translators have associated this word with Yahya's reluctance to marry and his chastity related to women. This concept has become the origin of some jurisprudential discussions regarding the recommendation of marriage and also some theological issues about the prophets. Accordingly, in this article, we have studied the word "Ḥaṣur" in the old Arabic literature and surveyed it etymologically focusing on Semitic languages. This study shows that the basic concept of the root "Ḥ-Ṣ-R" in the Semitic languages is: to encompass, besiege, walling(around a place), prison, enclosed cultivated land, and such like. In addition, by explaining the semantic relationship between the Qur'anic word "Ḥaṣur" and the basic concept mentioned above, it was concluded that the word refers to strict piety and self-controlling of Yahya(PBUH). This meaning is confirmed by verses from the Qur'an and the Bible. However, no evidence was found to confirm the pervasive meaning of the Qur'anic exegeses and translations.