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AYENEH -E- PAZHOOHESH


 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ``
For God's Sake Do Not Write (Writing in Our times)
`` In this article, initially, the transformation of writing into a careless trade and its consequent degradation in our times is a alluded to, and it is observed that a large number of books and articles being presently published are weak and superficial. Later, proofs of this claim have been furnished, and finally, the importance given to writing in the earlier centuries and the effort put in by the scholars for writing a single book are highlighted and samples of it are provided.
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Akhbar al-Dakhilah
The book Akhbar al-dakhilah is the esteemed work of the late Ayatullah Hajj Shaykh Mohammad Taqi Shushtari. This book, in the words of the writer of this article, is the only one of its kind written by the Shiah ulama in the field of fabricated traditions. The title of this book causes the reader to imagine that the author was aware of a large number of fabricated traditions in the Shiah books on hadith and he through this book intends to make them known. But the writer of this article points out that the late author was solely in pursuit of discussing those traditions which from certain angles are not without weakness, and he had no claim to having collected fabricated traditions.
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Mulla Husain Waiz Kashifi and the Book 'Raedat al-Shuhada'
The writer of this article has, with the pretext of introducing and reviewing the book 'Rawdat al- Shuhada', undertakan a detailed study of the life of Mulla Husain Kashifi. This study, apart from including a brief account of the works of Kashfi, also contains an interesting enquiry concerning his religious affiliation. The conclusion of the writer is that he shows signs out some obvious errors in the they of inclination towards Tasannun of Twelever Imami type (Tasannun -e- Dawazdeh Imami)
The major part of this article is devoted to a critique of the book Rawdat al-Shuhada. The writer, after enumerating a large number of positive points of the book, especially its popularity among the Shiahs, embarks upon an evaluation and critique of the sources used by Kashifi in compiling Rawdat al- Shuhada. The article conludes by highlighthing the long lasting inuence of the book upon the Shiahs, and even upon those Sunnis who are inclined towards the Ahl al-Bayt (A), and provides noteworthy information in this regard.
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A Discourse on Rhetoric (Maani-Bayan)
In this article, after a brief discussion about eloquence related sciences and their impact upon literary criticism, an introduction and critique of one of the books -which for years has been taught in various universities of the country to the students of Persian language and literature on the subject of maani- bayan (rhetoric)- has been provided.
The writer of the article by casting doubt upon a large number of examples and illustrations of the book and the manner of presenting literary meanings, has himself suggested examples to rectify this defect. The writer is emphatic about why a textbook which has been reprinted six times still contains obvious slips which as yet have not been removed.
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Bahj al-sabaghah: A Commentary of Nahj al-Balaghah
The writer has in this article, after introducing various commentaries of the Nahj al-Balaghah, enumerated the defects of each one of them and has also pointed out to the textual discrepencies of the various editions in neglecting the sequence in narrating the text of this book). Then he has introduced the book Bahj al-Sabaghah and has mentioned its salient features. This commentary is the work of the eminent scholar, the late Allamah Mohammad Taqi Shushtari.
In this article six important distinctions of this commentary have been mentioned and only its mode of publication and layout have been criticised.
An Introduction and Critique of the Book
'Waraqat ibn Nawfil fi batnan al-jannah'
It seems that no separate book has been written about WaraQat ibn Nawfil, the cousin brother of Khadijah, who was one of the first or rather the first testifier of the prophethood of Mohammad(s). Only scattered information about him is available in historical, literary and religious sources and in the accounts under his name written by orientalists in the encyclopaedias. From this angle the presence of a separate book, and that to by a Muslim writer, is both noteworthy and worthy of introduction, and the writer too has very well lived up to the task of providing an introduction.
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A Critique of the Book
"Jalweha -e- hunari -e- dastanha -e- Quran".
The book "Jalweha -e- hunari -e- dastanha -e- Quran" is a translation of the book "Dirasat fanniyyah fi qisas al-Quran" written by Dr. Mahmud Bostani, and has been published by the Research Foundation of Astana -e- Quds -e- Razavi.
The writer of this article, after explaining the methodology adopted by the Quran in narrating stories, talks about the fictitious stories which, due to the activities of the story - tellers and the likes of Kab al-Ahbar and the proponents of the Bani Ummayyah, have found their way into the exegeses of the Holy Quran, and points out some of these discrepancies which have naturally crept into the present book. In fact the criticism of the writer is directed both towards the author as well as the translator of this book.
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Bibliographies of Theses in Iran
The National Library (Kitab Khaneh -e- Milli) has recently performed two basic tasks in the area of indexing and compiling bibliographies of theses in Iran. One of them is the collection of doctoral and post graduate theses of foreign universities from ١٩٣٧-١٩٩٢ which have been written on issues related to Iran.
The other task is the publication of a book titled "Abstracts of Theses on Linguistics" which contains particulars and abstracts of all the doctoral and post graduate theses of the students of general linguists in Iranian universities from ١٣٤٥-١٣٧٢. This article has been written to introduce these two books.
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A Research Plan for "Ilm al-Hadith"
In the section "Research Proposals" of this issue a plan concerning ilm al-hadith has been discussed.
In this article, initially the need for conducting certain researches in this field is highlighted and then a research proposal is presented comprising of plans for research in the following three major areas:
١. The history of hadith and bibliography of books on hadith.
٢. Study of chains of narrators (asnad) and ilm al-rijal (study of biographies of narrators to determine their veracity).
٣. The comprehension of traditions (fiqh al-hadith)
Then the writer mentions the various tendencies present in and branches of these three areas and follows this up by enumerating the research topics of each branch.
In the section "Summary Introductions", of this issue the readers are acquainted with the following books:
١.Farhang wa Din
٢. Al-Mustarshid
٣. Farhange -e- tarikhi - siyasi -e- Iran wa Khavarmiyaneh
٤. Zindagi wa afkar -e- Iqbal -e- Lahori
٥. Tarikh nigaaran -e- Iran
٦. Khunj, guzarghah -e- bastani -e- Loristan
٧. Tarikh -e- falsafeh dar Islam.
Daftar -e- Nashr -e- Mirath -e- Maktub (Office for publication of Manuscriptal Heritage) is affiliated to the Department of Culture of the Ministy of Culture and Islamic Guidance. This office was introduced in detail in issue no.٣١ of this magazine in the section "Introduction of Educational and Cultural Centers", and the readers were acquainted with twenty manuscripts which were being readied for publishing. While continuing the introduction of the works on the threshold of research and publication in this office, this issue introduces for the be nefit of researchers some more manuscripts by mentioning the stages from editing to printing.