JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES
Year:2000 | Volume:10 | Issue:33|Papers Count:6

The prime matter has always been discussed in the philosophy,. peripatetics have accepted it , while some other philosophers have denied it. In this article, peripatetics proofs for confirming the prime matter and the objections of those who deny it are discussed and analysed. The findings indicate that two objections against the first argument (the argument of potentiality and actuality) are completely correct and Shaykh al - Ishraqs objection to the second argument (the argument of disunion and joining) is based on his own opinions, but that argument is refuted by two other objections. In this article, one of the four objections against the third argument, is rejected., but three other objections are confirmed. The fourth argument is also refuted by an initiative objection in this article and thus all proofs of the prime matter are refuted. As for Shaykh. al-Ishraqs objections to the existence of the prime matter it is proved that his first objection and Allamah Tabatabais answer to it are both viod, but Sadras answer to the Shaykh al-Ishraqs second objection and that of Allamah Tabatabai to his objection are completely correct. Therefore the existence of the prime matter can not be accepted because there is no valid proof in favour of it.

f is the twentieth letter of the Arabic alphabet and the seventeeth according to the abecedarian order of this alphabet and sinc it is one of basic letters it has attracted the attention of the experts of philology and exegesis from the oldest times. For the ease of understanding, the article is arranged in six sections and a implementer subdivision as fallows: 1. the f as a connective 2. the f as a causative 3. the f as a maker of eloquence 4. the f as a marker of appellation 5. the f as a marker of conditionals 6. The f as a maker of redundancy, and finally as a complementary observation mention is made of the f as a marker of unexpectancy. The above observations are deal with in detail in the main body of the article and the claims and comments are supported by citations, quotes and examples from the experts of the field

Diversity and differences between different Islamic religious schools on many theological issues stems from their approach to intellectual good and bad. Proponents and opponent of intellectual good and bad have produced a large amount of literature on this subject, yet they have not dealt with the issue from the Common theoretical foundation. It is worthy to analyze the issue from the Quranic viewpoint. In other words, it is worthy to investigate whether the holy Quran offers any reason for the preference of one approach over the other or not. The present article is the result of an attempt to offer a new solution to the issue utilitizing the logic and eloquence of Quran .It is hoped the result of the study will set a precedent for the solution of this principal theological problem

The fathers natural guardianship of child is a point that for long has occupied the minds of Islamic jurisprudence scholars Although this is a point which has many applications, yet it has not been independently discussed either in the Shiite or Sunni jurisprudence,. nor has its scope and limits, been defined clearly. Yet in principe, the scholars unanimously agree that natural guardianship of child is vested in father and paternal grand father. Sexuality plays a key role in determining guardianship. Based on Islamic jurisprudence doctrines, the scope of authority of father over his daughter is broader than over his son. The concept of guardianship has undergone changes in the course of time. Among these developments, only those ,confirmed by Islam are dealt with in the present paper. The aim of the present article is to find out the exait meaning of the concept and scope of guardianship in respect As to the guardianship and authority of father over aughter in respect of marriage, although there are 6 views in this regard, yet we will not mention anonymous points, rather the paper studies the three prevalent doctrines that constitute the basis for Islamic scholars inferences. The paper ends with some solutions to the issue at hand.

In this research the verity or untruth of attribution of distortion in Torah today available for Jewishes is studied. The main purpose is to find out wether or not all of the subjects in present Torah is true. In this article at first some of the incomming distortions in Torah are point ed out relying on its text, then some of historical witnesses are mentioned, and finally the Quran view about Torah is examined. It is concluded that in spite of many distortions in present Torah, some true commandments are still found out in it, which is the reason for inspirational origin of this scripture.