THEOLOGICAL- DOCTRIANAL RESEARCH (THE ISLAMIC SCIENCE QUARTERLY)
Year:2010 | Volume:5 | Issue:18|Papers Count:8

Admittedly, one of the manifestations of the holy Quran grandeur is the brilliant and targeted selection of terms and their artistic and unique juxtaposition. The term (Salaam) is one of the frequently used terms in the holy Quran, having been employed in about 40 verses, and its derivatives are observed in 73 verses.Owing to the meaning diversity of this term and its abundant usages in the holy Quran, the present article aims to analyze the concepts of each (Salaam), used in the holy Quran verses, and its derivatives as well as its relation to some other terms, such as salutation and peace. In the end, a number of tables, including the saluted and saluters, are presented.

Although the wicked is a man with no honor from the holy Quran standpoint, he cannot be annihilated or neglected as his presence in society is undeniable. Rather, he should be logically studied in accordance to the philosophy of man’s creation, presented in the holy Quran. The philosophy of the wicked falls into four categories: the distinction of the pious from the impious, man’s guidance toward perfection and prosperity, the manifestation of Divine omniscience of the wicked deeds and finally the elaboration of Divine comprehensive attributes and His Caliphate among mankind. Besides, the philosophy of hell is to cleanse the sinners, resulting in their entrance into heaven.

The term repentance as understood from the Persian dictionaries means to desist from sin, to return to the way of veracity and to feel remorse from committing sin. Repentance is of high significance in mystic and religious teachings and thoughts, and thus major number of hadith narrators and authors of religious books have dealt with this issue in their works. No doubt, the effects of repentance in both personal and social aspects are noteworthy as it not only reforms the individual but also secures the society against the corruption.Repentance if done with sincerity can bring about Divine blessing and soul purity in addition to the forgiveness of past sins. This article aims to deal with the high stand of repentance from religious-mystic standpoint based on the holy Quran and Nahjul Balaqa teachings. To this end, the author has referred to the authentic sources, including the books and documents written in both prose and verse, which are today existent.The present article also attempts to survey the high stand of repentance, the prerequisite for repentance acceptance, and more importantly, the diagnosis of sin in repentance acceptance. It then studies the effects of repentance from the standpoints of mystics and religious jurisprudents while observing the conformity of the Divine prophets and mystics’ views in this regard. Moreover, this article responds to a number of misunderstandings with regard to Iranian Mysticism, which is ascribed to some religions, such as Christianity.

The revelatory experience of the Devine prophets is considered as the most significant historical event in man society, the token of which is man’s familiarity with his own Lord and the receipt of heavenly religions. However, some questions, including the way the Divine prophets receive and decode the revelatory concepts and the mechanism and quality of their revelatory relationship, have been frequently arisen by the thinkers and scholars. Apropos of the holy Quran, the revelatory experience is a mutual relationship, and the Divine message is revealed to the prophet whether through God, the Almighty, or the angels to deflect it to the people as it is. Studying the revelation mechanism through psychoanalytical approach, a number of researchers have considered revelation as a type of poetic and mystic inspiration. This view infers that revelation originates from the Divine prophets’ heart, and since the prophets have been reared in society, the revelation is no doubt affected by the social cultures and conditions of the time. The present article, using analytical-descriptive approach based on the holy Quran verses, intends to survey the differences between the holy Prophet’s revelatory experience and the poetic and mystic inspirational experience and to clarify that the origin of poetry and mysticism is the poets and mystics’ heart, affected by the social conditions, while the origin of revelation is the Divine omniscience, which is surely remain unaffected by the time social conditions.

The prophets’ immunity from sin and their parity with other prophets in this feature is counted as one of the fundamental issues in the study of Abrahamic religions. This immunity is perceived in their deeds and religious missions, which are based on intellect and metaphysics, including obeying the Divine precepts in eating and drinking, assigning the amount of Zakat, etc. Owing to the key role of this fact in constructing, developing and fortifying the religious beliefs and deploying the religious values and directing the believers’ manners and religious society and purifying the society from superstitious beliefs and also removing all misgivings about the Divine Prophets, the present article, using the reference heavenly books, has been classified into two sections: the first section studies and criticizes the concept of immunity from sin in Judaism (Torah and Talmud), Christianity (the Old and New Testaments) and Islam (the Holy Quran), and then through the comparative study, prepares the ground for correcting and admitting the true view for the researchers.

There have been propounded diverse concepts for Vosta Prayer, mentioned in Baqara Sura, verse no. 238, the performance of which is known of high significance. After surveying and criticizing a number of views, this article intends to prove that the emphasis on Vosta Prayer in the above-mentioned verse firstly signifies the superiority of this prayer over other ones. Secondly, this prayer is surely one of the obligatory prayers and thirdly, the evidences verify that Vosta Prayer refers to Morning prayer, because what have been presented as the virtues of Noon and Afternoon prayers are extrinsic whereas the virtues of Morning prayer are intrinsic. 

Self-Immaterialism is considered as one of the most significant issues in studying self. The main reason behind it is that a great number of issues, including self-survival, are related to it as they make no sense without believing in Self-Immaterialism. Throughout history, the philosophers have presented sensible evidences to verify Self-Immaterialism. It is worth noting that Islamic philosophers have heralded other philosophers in this regard, presenting a number of innovative arguments. Mullah Sadra, evaluating these arguments, managed to add his own unique innovative argument. This article is to elaborate on his argument to prove Self-Immaterialism. It also deals with the weak points and strength points of those views from Mullah Sadra’s standpoint.

The holy Quran is an eternal miracle, revealed to the holy Prophet of Islam in Arabic, and the grand scholars of Arabic literature have been unable to produce even one Sura like it.The holy Prophet of Islam was fully cognizant of different aspects of the holy Quran; however, the Muslims have understood the holy Quran verses according to their own level of knowledge. Thus, the holy Prophet’s companions used to acquire the realities of the holy Quran from him and then attended to compile those facts as the commentary of the holy Quran. It is worthy to note that there have always been a diversity of opinions over the first commentator. The present article intends to prove that Saeed Ibn Jobair has been the first commentator of the holy Quran.