نشریه سفینه
پیاپی 21 (زمستان 1387)

The news of the unseen events in Quran is a good reason that it is the word of God. The acknowledgements include scientific points; news from the future; revealing some current news, and informing about the kings.Half of the Qur¨an opening chapter talks about the Divine Dignity and Greatness; and its next half describes the humility of worship; and these are two main purposes of Qur¨an. The holy Qur¨an has very concise, yet comprehensive, verses; and is a guide for the pious people. It talks to adressees from different social groups; yet it is in the zenith from a literal aspect.The holy Qur¨an should be obeyed and followed since it is the sublime word of the Almighty God. This instruction is understood from the holy verses, and the words and traditions of the holy Prophet.

With regards to the important status of the revelation of the holy Qur¨an, many of the Shia and Sunni religious scholars have studied the traditions about the revelation of Qur¨an, including the tradition indicating that Qur¨an has been revealed in seven forms (accents), and criticized it.Discrepancies in the texts of tradition narrated by different narrators; existance of other traditions contradicting the "tradition of 7 forms", ambiguity about the meaning of this tradition, its conflict with the authentic and correct tradition and word of Imam Sadeq (p.b.u.h) related by Zorarah; contradiction and conflict of meaning and contents of the tradition of 7 forms; and finally the truth that the said tradition was related by a few uncredited persons (according to the shia scholars) are from the important problems and doubts about the above mentrioned tradition.The Prominent writer, by reviewing the views of the contemporary Shia scholar, such as Allamah Tabatabaei, Ayatullah MÄrefat, Dr. Hojjati, Ayatullah Mir Muhammadi, and Ayatullah Khoei, and comparative study of the "tradition of 7 forms" and other traditions about the revelation of the holy Qur¨an, concludes that it has been a false or forged tradition and has no value.

The holy Qur¨an as a miracle, has always been a subject of discussion of the Muslim Theologians.By considering the viewpoints of the Muslim writers such as Shaikh Tabarsi, Seyed Mortaza, Qotb Rawandi, Amin al-Islam Tabarsi, Allamah Majlesi, and Ayatollah Khoei we observe that they have considered the Qur¨an as miracle in 2 following aspects:1. Eloquence and literal aspects2. Contents and KnowledgeThe late scholar Mirza Mahdi Isfahani insisted on the contents, sciences, knowledge, and Divine origination of Qur¨an as the miracleous aspects. He has explained his view in the treatise "The Miracleous Aspects of the Glorious Word of God". He believed that the miracleous aspects of Qur¨an should be looked for in the Qur¨an and the words of its true bearers and interpretors. In this article, our writer, by referring to the above work tries to discuss the claims and reasons of Mirza Mahdi Isfahani about the Qur¨an as a miracle, the generality and duration of miracleous Qur¨an in all ages, the taunts and critiques of disbelievers against the Quranic knowledge; the Divine nature of Qur¨an; Qur¨an as the best description for guidance, wisdom, and recognition of God.Considering the holy Qur¨an as a miracle suits the claim of the holy Prophet as the last Divine Messenger. The main aim of the appointment of the last Messenger and Termination of the Divine Messengers has been to raise the human beings to find the Almighty God by their consciences, to purify their souls, to accomplish and complete their minds; and to notify the Greatness and Purity of the Almighty God.The main reasons of those who have limited the miracleous aspect of Qur¨an to eloquence has also been studied, and the approach to hold a wider eye and leave narrow mindedness is to think about the holy verses of Qur¨an, and refer to the traditions of the household of the holy Prophet (ahl al-Bayt) peace be upon them.

The means of revelation" is a part of the Quranic related studies, that appears in the most of the books written about the Quranic knowledge, and refers to the time, situation, and personal/social events related to revelation of the Quranic verses.In this essay, the writer first defines the term "means of revelation" according to lexicon, the holy Qur¨an, and the holy traditions. He then explains the "once, comperhensive", and "brief" revelation of Qur¨an. After giving some notes and references from the Islamic scholars in this field, he pays attention to the kinds and varieties of "means of revelations". The results and advantages of knowing such means; the approaches to such means, the ways and methods to recognize the true means, and the influence(s) of such "means of revelations" are discussed later on.

In this study, the author classifies the results of verses and traditions on "Zar World" in 20 parts.He points to the fact that to understand the connection amony some of the traditions to Zar World, it is necessary to put them besides each other and focus on them as a unified group.Also, the author emphasizes on the importance of attention to the traditions "on creation of human being" as a prerequisite to the full understanding of verses and traditions on creation. Finally, he denotes to the frequency of traditions of Zar World according to 7 scholars and narrators of traditions.

The book "Crisis and Consolidation..." was written by Husain Modarresi Tabatabai to two 1) Introducing the history of Shiite Islam as a theological trend in Islam, to western and non-Muslim addresses, 2) Knowing the process of forming the thought of Shiite in the first 3 centuries of Islam. The second chapter of the book "Gholov, Taghsir and Middle way" is a brief look at the evolution of the meaning of Gholov in the Shiite history up to the early period of short occultation. The meaning of Gholov, Tafviz and the mentioned traditions, in this part of the book have been chosen from tradition's source books suchas Al-Kafi by Al-Kolaini, Rejal by Keshshi and Ekhtiyar Marefat Al-Rejal by Sheikh Toosi.

This essay attempts to focus on the biography and academic works of Dr. Husain Ali Mahfooz, the late religous scholar of Iraq (1430-1344 A.D./ 2009-1926 A.B.)In this essay, we provide you with introducing some of his great relatives, his short biography and works,his unceasingly effort in reviving the precious trend of quoting traditions, and a list of his best traditions. In the end, some sources to his more introduction and two unpublished documents on the academic relationship of him with the great scholar sayyid Jalal Al-Din Mohaddes Armavi.