نشریه آینه پژوهش
سال بیست و دوم شماره 1 (پیاپی 127، اردیبهشت 1390)

Using others’ ideas directly or indirectly in one’s own publication without acknowledging the sources in an accurate and known manner (deliberately or otherwise) or pretending that this idea belongs to oneself is called plagiarism. The present article intends to discuss academic plagiarism. Thus, first plagiarism will be defined. Then, focusing on plagiaristic behavior of some professors and their aims and motivations, concrete examples will be given. Afterwards, we shall see why plagiarism is unethical. The question will be discussed from the perspectives of consequentionalism, deontology, and virtue ethics. Finally, ten guidelines will be given to help avoid plagiarism.

In discussing the authorship of a book, it has been the common practice to study the author of the content, not the copyist or the transmitter. In this article, we will see how in al-Najāshī’s Rijāl and al-Ţūsī’s al-Fihrist, fifteen books of hadith were ascribed to those who have transmitted and completed them.

The book Āsībshenāsī-e Jaryānha-ye Tafsīrī (Pathology of Exegetical Trends) is the result of the collaboration of some tafsir scholars. It can be seen as a study of the exegetical trends. In the present article, the purposes, approach, and the structure of the book, as well as some critical points will be indicated.

The article and books published in the last decades of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century in the West offer a rich literature in the area of hadith studies. But the Western scholarship in this area and its development are not much reflected in the Iranian academia. The book Hadith from the Orientalist Point of View: A Study and Analysis of Hadith Scholarship by Harold Motzki will be introduced here. The review will give some information on the book, including an extended explanation of individual chapters. Finally, certain suggestions for the improvement of the book will be presented.

is Note will include the following: A description and short review of the microfilm copy of the book Sulūk al-Salţanah in Tehran University. A discussion on the Maqbarah al-Shu’arah (Cemetery of the Poets) in Kuye Sorkhab, Tabriz. The article begins with a statement by Ibn Karbali – the author of Rawdhat al-Jannāt – and Mr Sajjadi on the Cemetery and the neighborhood Kuye Sorkhab. It will focus on Khāqāni’s tomb, who is extensively studied in this research. A report on a new copy of the love poem Sa‘d va Humāyūn (Sa‘d and Humāyūn). Authored by a certain Abd-al-Rahim in the 8th/15th century, the poem contains ten love letters. A report Qarāmānī’s Arabic book on Sufism, Ādāb Ahl Allah. The book cites quotations by mystical authorities, Qur’anic verses, hadiths, Farsi and Arabic poems in order to explain the Sufi concepts of ţarīqah, sharī‘ah, and ĥaqīqah (path, law, and truth). Focus on the copyist of an Arabic manuscript on Arabic grammar in the Library of Ayatollah Mar‘ashi Najfi. A report on the oldest extant manuscript of Kifāyah al-Ta‘līm fī Şinā‘ah al-Tanjīm by Zahīr al-Dīn al-Ghaznawaī, a book on the different periods of the Persian Civilization. A report on the manuscript Safinah 720, available in Ni‘matullāhī Khaniqah. The work can be seen as a source for a better knowledge of early poets whose works have not been published. A report on the 8th/15th century poet Muhammad b. Ali Ĥakīm al-Tirmidhi by introducing one of his mystical poems.

Since nahw (Arabic Grammar) is highly important in understanding the Qur’an, the sunnah, and hawzah (seminary) books, a high degree of accuracy is needed in compiling a text for teaching nahw, which relies on suitable methods. The present article will discuss the Book Learning Nahw (Arabic Grammar)—Basic Level. Thus, before dealing with the criticism, the necessary points for a textbook of nahw will be enumerated. Then, the advantages and disadvantages of the book will be studied.

Ethics in the Qur’an is the first comprehensive and comparative resource on the Qur’anic Ethics. The book will be introduced extensively here. First, the Arabic and French titles, the author and translators of the book will be explained. Afterwards, a biography of the author Muhammad Abdullah Darraz will be offered. Then, the copies and prints of the book as well as the researches on it will be discussed. The range of the subjects covered, the general structure, method, language, and composition of the translation will also be studied. After a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of the book, the present article will end with a detailed chapter-by-chapter report.

Encyclopedia of Shajarah ’Āl al-Rasūl deals with the genealogy of Shaykh Shabān and the descendants of Imamzadeh Mirbaha’ al-Dīn Muhammad (a) and Imamzadeh Sayyid Mīr-Eshāq Zayn al-Dīn (a). In the present article, the different parts of the book will be introduced. Then, the strengths of the work, as well as the difficulties in its compilation and the presentation of the material will be assessed.

Cataloguing the manuscripts requires a certain subtlety and accuracy. That is, beside some specialties in the respective areas, perseverance and exactness are needed. Besides, the criticism of catalogues of manuscripts is highly important. The 43rd volume of the Catalogues of the Library of Majlis, which contains 400 manuscript titles, is edited by Sayyid Sadeq Hosseini Eshkevari. The volume shall be analyzed in this article.

In recent centuries, the Qur’an scholars have talked about the theory of numerical and mathematical miraculousness of the Qur’an. Supporting the idea of the miraculous numerical and mathematical organization of the Qur’an, this theory was first presented by Rashad Khalifah in 1351/1972. It was much applauded by the Qur’an scholars so that many items were added to his research. Today much publication is found on the subject. A short introduction to the theory will be followed by a list of the books, articles, and researches on it. The lists will be both brief and extensive.