آیینه پژوهش - دفتر تبلیغات اسلامی حوزه علمیه قم - الصفحة ١٨
AYENEH-E- PAZHOOHESH Pleonasm
اسفنديارى محمد
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In this article, after providing a definition of parelcon (hashw) and its different types, such as witty parelcon, redundancy and pleonasm, a detailed analysis of pleonasm, its causes, its defect, parelcon for emphasis, explanatory parelcon, macrology (tatwil), etc., has been undertaken. Tens of examples of pleonasm have been provided and they have been classified under six categories.
A Critical Review of Divan -e- Hafiz Compiled by the Efforts of 'Sayeh'
Sayyid Mohammad Rastgu
Divan -e- Hafiz as compiled by the efforts of 'Sayeh' is, in the view of the writer of this article, the latest and the most important corrected edition of the divan of Khaja -e- Shiraz. This divan has been compiled by referring to ٣٠ manuscripts of the ١٠th century and great effort has been expended and appropriate yardsticks have been applied for classification and selection.
The author of the article believes that the most accepted divan of Hafiz will be the divan which has been compiled with the cooperation of a group of scholars of Hafiz who are likeminded and share a good taste. From this angle he criticises at some places the selection of the editor and mentions instances of differences of taste between him and the editor of the divan.
A Passing look at the Inconsistency of Text - Books
Asghar Irshad Sarabi
The writer of this article, after providing a detailed introduction about the disorder prevailing as regards text-books and complaining to the Ministry of Education about it, goes on to review the text-books of human sciences. Among them, two books of Persian literature of the fourth year of the middle school are chosen for comparison.
The writer says: During the past three academic years i.e. Mehr ١٣٧١ - Mehr ١٣٧٣, just for the last year of the middle school, three writers with differing perspectives and tastes have written books on the history of literature, and sadly, none of the three has been upto the mark; rather with each effort the quality has decreased. Later he discusses in detail the errors in the contents of the last of these three text-books on the history of literature.
On the Gloss of Makhzan al-gharaib
AliReza Zakawati Qaraguzulu
Tadhkira -e- Makhzan al-gharaib is the work of the ١٣th century (H) writer Shaykh Ahmad Ali Khan. In this book the life and works of ٣١٤٨ Persian poets upto the beginning of the ١٣th century have been discussed. The writer of this article has reviewed the fourth volume of this work which has been recently published (he had reviewed the third volume of this work as well).
A large part of the article is about the errors of printing and proof - reading present in this volume. The author has quoted after correction some of the beautiful poems of this book so that the readers may acquaint themselves with the good taste of the writer of the book.
A Review of the Annotations on Hudud al-alam min al-mashriq ila al-maghrib
Sayyid Sadiq Sajjadi
The book Hudud al-alam is one of the most important and early books of geography written in Persian. It was written in the second half of the fourth century Hijri by an unknown author.
To date a large number of annotations have been written on this book by both Iranian writers as well as orientalists such as Bartold, Minoreski and Edmund Basores. The most recent edition of the Persian text of Hadud al-alam has been published along with the gloss of Minoreski and a translation of selected parts of his and Bartold's introduction. This edition has been reviewed in this article.
Unmeditated Selection
Mohammad Reza Mustajab
The book 'Barguzideh -e- mutun -e- adab -e- Farsi' is among those books which have been used as text-books for the general course of the universities of the country since years. On this bookdespite there being written three or four substantial reviews on it - there is still room for comment, specially since the book has reached its l٩th edition and there still remain uncoorrected in it those errors which had been pointed out earlier. The writer of this article has, by refraining from mentioning those errors pointed out by the reviewers, made an effort to provide a substantial critique of the method of selection of literary pieces. This article has three parts: ١. The purpose of literature ٢. Method of communication ٣. Unmeditated selections.
Review of a text-book
Mehdi Mahrizi
In this critical review the book Ashnai ba manabi wa mutun -e- Islami has been reviewed and analysed. This book is used as a text in the course of management for teachers for the subject 'religion and Arabic'. This review includes the following chapters: ١. Mistakes ٢. Wrong translations ٣. Credulity and lack of attention ٤. Absence of source references ٥. Suggestions.
The writer of the article has, in all the instances where he has criticised the book, also provided the correct facts and information is that regard, and has mentioned constructive suggestions as well.
A Thought over the book Hayat -e- fikri wa Sayasi -e- Imaman -e- Shiah
Sayyid Ibrahim Sayyid Alawi
The critic of this book has, after providing a brief introduction of the book Hayat -e- Fikri wa siyasi -e- Imaman -e- Shiah which has been compiled by Rasul Jafariyan in two volumes, objected to many aspects of the book. The writer of the article writes in the introduction of the book: "The compiler of this book has, by using the primary and relatively reliable sources, made a effort to place the multi - dimensional lives and experiences of the Shiah Imams which were a lesson all throughout, before the Persian readership". Despite this, the reviewer has mentioned his detailed observations which are basically about the hurry in publishing the book, the discrepancies visible between the text and the references provided, weak translations, and summarily, a dire need for a basic editing of the book.
A Descriptive Bibliography of Mulla Sadra
Ali Asghar Haqdar
In the bibliography section of this issue, the sources on the life, works and thoughts of Sadr al-Mutaallihin Mulla Sadra -e- Shirazi have been introduced.
This bibliography has been compiled in two parts. The first part introduces the books relating to the biography and thoughts of Mulla Sadra, and is itself divided into two section i.e. articles and books.
The second part introduces the works of Mulla Sadra himself, and to the extent possible, the number of editions of each book, the articles written about the book being introduced, and if at times a review has been done of that book, its details have all been provided. At the end a relatively complete list of Mulla Sadra's books has been given.
Summary Introductions
In the section, 'Summary introductions' of this issue the following books have been introduced:
١. Khatirat -e- Suqrati
٢. Tashayyo
٣. Second volume of Sima -e- masjid
٤. Shahab -e- Shariat
٥. Majmua -e- rasail -e- Farsi -e- Khaja Abdullah Ansari
٦. Yadnameh -e- Mehrdad Usta
٧. Miras -e- Islami -e- Iran
٨. Sharh -e- ahwal wa aasar -e- Shaykh Ahmad Jam
٩. Uyun al-akhbar.
Introduction of Daftar -e- Nashr -e- Miras -e- Maktub
In the section on 'introducting centers of learning' of this issue the Project for Identifying and Restoring Manuscripts has been taken up for discussion. This project is being carried out under the supervision of the Department for Supervising Cultural Issues of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.
This project has three programmes:
١. Scheme for identifying and restoring manuscripts
٢. A list of hundred valuable manuscripts
٣. A bibliography of all the manuscripts of treatises and books of prominent Islamic scholars and thinkers.
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