فصلنامه سخن جامعه
پیاپی 2 (زمستان 1390)

The blessed phenomenon of “Islamic Awakening” being clearly inspired of Islamic revolution of Iran has taken place in the Middle East due to many factors. Undoubtedly, the matchless annual Hajj ceremony where millions of Muslims cluster around the Holy Kaaba can be counted one of the most important factors. The rites of Hajj ceremony that recalls us the painstaking efforts of Ibrahim (a.s) [an idol breaker of history] was the cause Muslims found great zeal for such a regional uprising and awakening. Islamic republic of Iran could manage to perform those rites in an inspiring method. The ceremonies where the Muslims repudiate the polytheists, throw stones, along with awakening attitude of Mash’ar, understanding state of ‘ Arafat and other monotheistic remembrances give the Muslims revolutionary instructions. These spiritual elevation and life-giving dynamism cannot be thoroughly depicted through letters. The writer on the basis of a proverb that says “something is better than nothing” has tried to underscore those most important impacts.

The message of every school of thought spreads through an accurate propagation. And the element of propagation has a priceless position in the Shiite school of thought. The Shiites and the infallible Imams (a.s) in particular had initially paid attention to the means of conveying messages. It had an important role in conveying the messages of Ashura. Hazrat Zainab (a) is a leading figure amongst the people who conveyed the message of Ashura; for she due to having personal sublime characters played her role in an exceptional method. She made use of different means for conveying Ashura messages in the best possible manner; such as giving lecture, keeping patience and persistence, using human feelings and affection… In regard with the revolution of Imam Husain (a.s) she did a great job. In the very research her conduct and the devices she used in conveying the messages of Ashura are studied considering what are recorded in the history and other related books.

One of the decisive and effective elements in the social spheres of human life is media and means of collective communication. The massmedia as the most important device of accessing information and conveying message to the audience could play an unparalleled role in the human collective destiny. The same part has been played in different nation’s fate. Mass media’s matchless role was clearly manifested in the late Islamic awakening and revolution. Undoubtedly, the condition for success of mass media in contributing the Muslim nations in realization of Islamic objectives and ideals is that the people behind the mass media should be aware and stay committed to those ideals. Those media would be successful that direct the social developments and trends toward ideal ends. Thus, the present article has dealt with the most important responsibilities of media such as defending the identity of Islamic awakening, exploiting the present opportunity and refraining from citing hopelessness in regard with the Islamic awakening.

The Islamic world enjoyed glory, majesty and progression because they have acted upon their ideology that was based on true Islamic outlook. But in the recent centuries they have miserably declined and without any doubt the most important factor behind such a stagnancy and regression are their distance from Islamic life-giving instructions and spread of alienation amongst the Muslim community [Ummah]. But with all this, there have been prominent scholars and illustrious intellectuals knowing the pros and cons of Islamic world and offered ways out of this mess. The 19th and 20th centuries are special in this regard. The prominent intellectuals such as Sayyed Jamal al-deen, Muhammad ‘Abduh, Imam Khomeini and etc. emerged among the Muslim community and injected new blood into dry vessels of Muslim society. Sir Muhammad Iqbal [of Lahore] was undoubtedly an exceptional personality who could proffer a new design and brought about a novel feeling amongst the oppressed Muslim nations. The present article is determined to describe his views [being a thoughtful individual understanding the needs of his time] and deduce his opinions amidst his poems about Islamic awakening.

We can prove the Oneness of the Necessary Existent on the basis of principality of quiddity and respond the problem raised by Ibn Kamonah. There is no need of taking recourse to Principality ofExistence so that for substantiating of numerical integration of The Existent a compound demonstration must be applied. The writer has tried to address Ibn Kamonah’s problem from different perspectives and offer the responses given by peripatetic school of thought and the transcendent theosophy.

Today the phenomenon of immodesty [showing off] is on the rise and poses as a great threat for our religious community and young generation. It has damaged the pure spirit of our youths and jeopardized their growth and evolution. Thus, it is the responsibility of clergies and scholars to enlighten the people** through describing the crucial benefits of modesty from one hand and analyzing inappropriate consequences of immodesty on the other hand. The present paper is going to study the consequences of modesty in human’s mental health. The actual addressee of our article is the Muslim women who are unconsciously uprooting themselves via immodesty and stopping their spiritual and moral evolution. The writer has shed light on importance of modesty from Islamic and Quranic perspective and then has illustrated the benefits and role of modesty in one’s mental health.

The issue of usurping Fadak has been one of the most important and effective political issues in the early history of Islam. It enjoyed an economic significance as well. This topic can be analyzed from different perspectives and if the truth get explained properly the peripheral issues will also become clear. The writer has proved that Fadak [territory] was forcefully usurped by caliphs on the basis of Quranic verses, [prophetic] traditions and historical documents and could substantiate that it was of those personal properties of the prophet Muhammad (PBUH and his progeny) which he donated to his daughter Fatima (a.s) during his lifetime. The writer believes that the traditions which are transmitted by the Sunnites and claim that the prophets leave nothing as heritage suffer scientific standards and are refuted.