مجله پژوهشهای میان رشته ای قرآن کریم
سال هفتم شماره 2 (پیاپی 15، پاییز و زمستان 1395)

the terminology of the Quranic term ‘Amal-e-Sālih remains a challenging topic for Islamic researchers. Semantic studies on the term are mostly based upon lexical and idiomatic analysis as well as individual understandings made by the scholars and interpreters out of Quran’s verses or other Islamic sources, and the process of discovering the terminology of the term is rarely pursued systematically. While Semantics, as a branch of the fast-developing science of Linguistics, has experienced much improvements in the past decades and it is necessary to follow the systematic procedures for semantically discovering the Quranic terms synchronous with the advancement of this knowledge. As proposed by contemporary Semantics, Terminology discovering might be presented at three levels of Term, Context, and Discourse. This paper tries to present semantic analysis of the Quranic term of ‘Amal-e-Sālih on the level of discourse by introducing and applying Ontology [on this Quranic concept]. Ontology as a new tool in computer and information technology, specifies the key words involved in a domain of knowledge, as well as their relationships and therefore standardizes the meanings. In the proposed Quranic Ontology, by considering several semantic relationships (generalization, procedure, and combination), the connections between related concepts are presented in a suitable template in the form of network diagrams, simple arrows, dots and lines. It will be witnessed that applying Ontology in semantic analysis of the level of discourse for the term, ‘Amal-e-Sālih clearly offers a new understanding of this Quranic concept, which can bring about new educational approaches and outcomes.

In an interdisciplinary mechanism, there needs to be interactions in the three parts of terminology, epistemology and methodology. According to the order applied to these three parts, all steps shall be taken correctly, because if an error occurs in any of these three, it could influence other steps and would eventually end with creating non-principled relations in an interdisciplinary study. Among the three steps mentioned, achieving a common language is the most important issue taken into account in the very first steps of an interdisciplinary study. Because otherwise, it would lead to divergent understandings of concepts and therefore we will witness an unclear research in the sight of the expert readers. The term “History” and different understandings derived from it in various discourses can be an explicit example for clarifying this subject. Usually Quran researchers’ understanding - especially the contemporary scholars of the term “History” is different from that of the historian. This different understanding can absolutely lead to serious misunderstandings that might discredit a Quranic-historical research in the eyes of the historians. This outcome suggests the need for reassessment of the term “History” in order to reach a common understanding of the term. Hence, this paper, through discourse analysis of the meanings of history, seeks, first, to show the heterogeneity of the term and thus explicate the barrier existing in the way of interdisciplinary interaction between history and Quranic sciences, and, second, offer a terminological solution as an effort to eliminate these differences.

Scientific interpretation is one of the methods for interpreting the Holy Quran that has flourished in the contemporary era with numerous works. In this method, the findings of empirical sciences are used to better elucidate the verses of the Quran. Identifying this explanatory role of science can lead to a better understanding of the relation of science and the Quran. This article by employing the analytical-descriptive method, this explanatory role is investigated at three levels: Explaining the concepts of the words of ayahs, explaining the concepts of the sentences of the Quran, and the representing the new referents. While the explanatory role of science can further help human beings have a clearer understanding of religious facts, the scientific interpretations at the level of explaining the words of ayahs, lead to widening or narrowing the meaning, or strengthens one, in the process of preferring one meaning out of multiple meanings possible for one ayah .The elucidating role of scientific data in the study of sentences of the Quran can be classified into seven groups: clarifying the meaning, the basis of resemblance, the basis of division, the process, the reason for specification of the mention, relation and ultimate preference of a possibility. Meanwhile, some of the scientific interpretations seem to be more consistent with the literal meaning of the verse, making the complicated interpretations of the past seem unjustifiable. Moreover, some of the other scientific interpretations widen the scope of the meaning by suggesting a new possible interpretation beside those of the past.

Mankind craves for perfection and in order for his growth, he needs to identify obstacles facing in his path. One of the main obstacles on his path which keeps him aloof from Allah is Satan. Hence, identifying and recognizing Satan as a great barrier which prevents him from reaching a defined objective is necessary. In the Holy Quran there are many conversations, including those suggested by Satan. Mentioning Satan’s dialogues in the Quran demonstrates the importance of this matter in the sight of Allah. In this paper, verses containing the words of Satan are investigated and analyzed based on cognitive conceptualization in order to explain and recognize the reality of Satan’s words in the Quran and the way they make sense in this group of verses. It considers Satan’s words in five categories, of Satan’s superiority, asking for respite, dominance, seeking good and Satan’s promise, the mind can make a good concept of these matters and is ready to analyze them. In conclusion, it can be said that Satan’s mental space stands against the divine mental space and the followers of each have tendency toward the mental space in accordance with their capacity and thoughts.

This article is a research on the word “Allah” and trying to show special privilege of this word in comparison to other words. The privilege of this word enjoins its sanctity as well as its heavenly meaning which is applied in confining this word comparing to the other. The superiority of the word “Allah” in art and Semantics is manifested clearly in its written form by the early scribes consciously and intentionally. Although this word is considered as the word of Quran and belongs to the Arabic Language and is seemingly the same as other words, but there is no similarity in the scope of writing or meaning between this word and the rest. This word has usually been contrary to the rule of semantics and structure and has always been different from the other words in terms of Semantic, lexical, etymology and grammar. In calligraphy too this word stands as an exception and does not follow any of the writing rules of the other words, because its writing rule is exclusive to its own and no other word can follow according to the writing rule of “Allah”.

Any field of knowledge consists of branches and various fields, and each entails questions and issues in need of research. But from the view of organizational structures, identifying the fields and running research on them may be influential in reducing costs and the criteria according to which the research fields can be identified, is necessary. This issue is clearly manifested in research field in interdisciplinary studies of the Holy Quran and other sciences. Therefore this paper is to identify the criteria for research fields in interdisciplinary studies of the Holy Quran and the sciences. Methodologically the research method is qualitative, using library, focus group and nominal group technique. The statistical society consists of 7 experts of Quranic sciences, educational sciences, sociology and educational management. By using the comments of these experts, 7 criteria to designate the research fields have been determined as follows: Specification the gaps in this subject matter, designation of the Quranic capability in this subject matter, diversity of related fields of knowledge, the extent of influence of the problems of the field on society, inclusion of the subject matter, the professional capability existing in the country and the organization.