نشریه آینه پژوهش
سال بیست و چهارم شماره 4 (پیاپی 142، مهر و آبان 1392)

Regarding the purpose of writing of the Research Methods books, it is expected that these types of book observeprinciples of gathering, writing and recording data, organizing the discussion, the way of referring, and compilation of a bibliography; and teach the research ethics. But works which are published in the name of “research method” in Persian language do not meet these expectations. The author of the present article aims to review books written in Farsi about research methods.He is seeking answers to the question that to which extent these works provide the students’ needs, and guide them?In addition,what is the position of research ethics in research methods books in Farsi? Regarding this, after an introductory presentation on the grouping of books published in the field of research method, the author speaks of the evaluation criteria of these books, and describes every one of them in details by bringing some examples from the reviewed books. Having examined seventy Research Methods books, he has reached this conclusion that most of them lack an ordered structure, an appropriate bibliography, the necessary references, and the integration between the discussed issues and authentic resources. Moreover, some of them have misleading titles, and by plagiarism and ignoring others’ finding, they, instead of promoting the field of research and contributing to the expansion of knowledge horizon, create an obstacle on the way of knowledge.

In the twentieth century, in Egypt, a new movement in the Qur’anic studies arose which is known with titles such as "literary approach" and "literary school" in Arabic and European literature. In the present article, the main goal of the author is to talk about the problems and difficulties of observing the necessities of such an approach to the Qur’an in Muslim communities. The present article analysis is based on a conflict which broke out in mid twentieth century because of Muhammad Ahmad Khalafollāh’s PhD thesis in Egypt. His thesis title was Al-Fan al-Qesasi fi al- Qur’an al-Karim (the Techniques of story-telling in the Qur’an), and his supervisor was Amin Khuli. The main focus of this article is on the nature of the debate regarding this thesis which took place within and outside the university.The first part of this paper includes the literary explanationof the theory of the miracle of the Qur’an in previous periods. The second part of the paper is devoted to the literary approach of modern era.The third section incorporates examining of the assumptions, results, and outcomes of the Khalafollah’s theory in the light of the arguments raisedin the first two parts of the article. Finally, the author, in the last part, presents a description and an analysis of the problem of literary approach to the Qur’an in the contemporary era.

The Encyclopedia of the Qur’an, compiled by Oliver Leaman and translated by Muhammad Husain Vaqār, has been published by Information Publication in 1391. In the present article, the author is going to criticize the translation of this book providing some examples of its pages.

The Theological Foundations of Imāmi in the Interpretation of the Qur’an with a critical approach to Zahabi, Assāl, and Rumi’s ideasis a book written by Rād and published by Sokhan publication in 1390. The author of this paper has provided a report of this book in order to attract the Shiite scholars’ attention to the doubts which the critics have regarding the theological foundations of Shiite interpretation. Therefore, he, first of all, explains about why and how the book was formed and then speaks of the main parts of the book. In the last part of the paper, he provides a report of the critical approach to the Shia’s interpretation of the Qur’an in two sections: 1. getting familiar with the contemporary Imāmi critics, 2. presenting a brief report of the critics’ doubts about Shia’s interpretations.

NezāmIstarabādi’sCollection of Poems, which consists of the four main parts of the researchers’ preface, poems,ManzumeSa’ādatNāme (the system of being happy),and the pamphlet of instruction of puzzle, was published by the publication of the Library, Museum, and the Center of the Documents of the Islamic Parliament. In the following paper, the author has tried to criticize this work. Therefore, at the beginning of this paper he points out that one of the most important parts of this collection which is the prologue written by the poet himself is not included in this edition. Hence, he presents this prologue completely. Following this, he provides an extensive explanation upon the proof readers’ preface. Finally, he has a look at the MollāNezām’s poems in this book.

The Rituals of Reciting and Writing of the Qur’an in Al-sīra al-Nabawiyya (Prophetic Biography) can be incorporated in the Qur’anic- hadith studies. In this book, while the author has attempted to describe how the Messenger of Allah established thereciting and writing of the Qur’an, he has also tried to define and analyze the good patterns of the Qur’an learning and promotion among the younger generation of the Muslim world. In the present article, the author is going to criticize this book. Therefore, he, first of all, considers the author’s essential questions and the most important results which he has gained. Then, he explains about the book structure, mentioning its parts and chapters along with their content. Finally, he points out some of the book flaws.

Among the most important references are dictionaries in which the words of one or several languages are gathered in a particular order. In the present paper, the author has tried to provide a report of the Comprehensive Dictionary of the Persian Language. Regarding this, she firstly introduces the author and the publisher of this work, and then mentions some other points such as the work assets pointed out by the author in its preface, the way of compilation of the text, and the reasons for its being unique and comprehensive. In the last part, she talks about some of the book problems.

In the present article, the author is going to introduce five articles on history and civilization, and provide a summary of every one of them. These five articles are: 1. Islam, a civilization project in progress by Ahmad QarahMustafā, 2. Civilization features by Robert Bierstedt, 3. Twotheories about civilization, 4. Ontology of the issues related to history studies by LarceOwden, and 5. Aggregationby C. Behan McCullagh

IbnAbi al-Hadid’s explanation of Nahj al-Balāgheis one of the most important commentaries and descriptive sources of Nahj al-Balāghe. In the present article, the author has tried toexamine all the sources used by IbnAbi al-Hadid in writing his book. Therefore, he firstly mentions his anecdotaland narrative sources, and then talks about the historical ones. Following this, he speaks of his lexical, philosophical, theological, and mystical sources. Finally, he puts an end to his article by speaking of other sources in jurisprudence, astronomy, etc.used by IbnAbi al-Hadid.