mohammadjavad salmanpur

The purpose of the current research is to map the context of Quranic teachings as a framework for the development of the coherence of social systems. In terms of approach, this research is a qualitative type of case study that was conducted using thematic analysis and histography methods. In order to confirm the validity of the research data, concepts such as believability, defensible and trustworthiness have been used. The findings of the research show that the contextualization of Quranic teachings can be explained as a framework for developing the coherence of social systems in the form of conceptual, structural, social, emotional and spiritual themes. Therefore, the conceptual dimension includes components such as understanding the meaning of coherence, purpose, necessity and solutions. In the structural dimension, components such as strategic orientation, system plan and cultural background are important. In the social dimension, the components of identity, harmony, commitment, in the emotional dimension, the components of inclinations, belonging, positive feelings and finally, in the spiritual dimension, the components of religious rituals, belief bases and moral system can be explained.

The quiddity and nature of the portents of the Last Day (ashrāṭ al-sā‘a) has always been a topic of discussion and the interpreters have dealt with it mainly through traditions. One of the instances is the bringing out a Beast from the earth (dābbat al-‘arḍ), which is mentioned briefly and ambiguously in verse 82 of Sūrat al-Naml. There are different and sometimes contradicting views in interpretations concerning the quiddity, quality, existence, action, and words of the Beast of the earth. With a comparative study of the interpretations, they can be divided into two main groups, from which seven subgroups are derived. The first group, which are mainly originated from traditions, have found referents for the Beast of the earth and the other group have not dealt with its nature. Thus, with the use of the descriptive-analytical method, delving into the words of the above verse, and with a brief explanation of the context of Sūrat al-Nam, it is tried in this paper to describe the quiddity and nature of the Beast of the earth. To this end, first, the exegetical viewpoints are briefly explained, then the word study of the verse in question is presented, and finally the selected viewpoint is stated, which is a scholarly analysis.
The findings suggest that, given the extensiveness of traditions about portents of the Last Day, some of which are also contradictory, it is necessary that by employing word study and finding the semantic field of the verse’s word, to undertake interpretation so as to get a more accurate understanding of Divine words. The achievement of this method is the approximation of exegetical opinions, unity of opinion, and the quiddity and quality of the portents of the Last Day.

Gentry, which is an integrated part of Iranian's identity, is valuable and pleasant in our Islamic and national culture. Masomins’ Hadiths introduce Iranians as honorable and Ahlol-boitat which imply Iranians’ gentry. On the other hand, many historical evidence andhistorians’ connotative and denotative assertions imply this fact. In this article, after dividing the gentry into individual and group gentry, seven features of group Gentry have been mentioned. The existence of all of the mentioned features in Iranians has beendemonstrated by presenting some Hadiths, historical evidence and recognition of some historians.