8,253 research outputs found
Nothing but the truth: the Sufi testament of 'Aziz Nasafi
No full text`Aziz Nasafi is among the most important Islamic mystics of the medieval period. His achievement was to integrate various ideas, including those of Ibn `Arabi and Najm
al-Din Kubrä into a coherent whole, providing Persian speaking Sufis with an introduction to the speculative and practical dimensions of Sufism.
This thesis is an attempt to present Nasafi's main teachings. After introducing his life, times and works, the second chapter focuses upon ontology. This is the spine of
Nasafi's treatises and it is based upon the Sufi interpretation of God's incomparability and similarity (tanzih wa tashbih) and His infinite self-disclosure which occurs within a form processed by the imagination. The second chapter investigates the different forms
of knowledge available to Sufis, which includes sense perception, reason and mystical knowledge. Nasafi's presentation depicts all three in a hierarchical structure with Sufi knowledge at the pinnacle. Having discussed the theoretical nature of Sufism, chapter four deals with the practical element of Sufism and how it is able to contribute to felicity in this life. Having followed the Sufi path, it is possible that a wayfarer may experience
unity with God. This is examined in chapter five, and Nasafi's description is compared with that of other Sufis in an attempt to show his "orthodox" position within Sufism. It is also argued that modern models of mystical experience do not fit Nasafi's depiction of tashbih-tanzih, and that one also needs to re-think the idea of perennial philosophy. Finally, the perfection of man is considered through examining the relationship between Prophecy and Friendship of God. Sufis interpreted Friendship as the interior element of Prophecy and were able to offer new insights to Islamic doctrine
An Iconographic Study of Sultan Mohammad Naqash's Painting Called "Masti Lahouti - Nasuti "
No full textThe painting called “Lahouti (divine) and Nassotti (worldly) Intoxication”, has been drawn on a page in Divan Hafez by Sam Mirza, whose painter was Sultan Mohammad Naqash, a Tabriz Safavid School painter, who is regarded as one of the shining examples of pictorial icons for the creation of a mystical, symbolic, and theatrical atmosphere as well as visual attractions. The present study is a theoretical one and has been conducted through a descriptive-analytical method, analyzing the iconography used in the above-mentioned painting by collecting images and information using the library method. By utilizing a historical and semantic approach to Hafiz's poetry as well as the artistic style of Sultan Mohammad, this study aims at decrypting the mystical and narrative concepts in this painting. The main research question raised here is: "What are the philosophical, mystical, lyrical and mythological concepts behind the relationship between icons and the visual atmosphere dominating the image?" Review of literature was conducted on Hafez's life as well as semantics and stylistics used in his odes as well as the history of the Turkmen and Tabriz Safavid Painting Schools and the style of Sultan Mohammad Naqash, recorded in articles and books by Iranian and foreign authors. The above-mentioned resources were studied, and it was concluded that Sultan Mohammad’s exaggerated, and humorous style matches Hafiz's quick-witted outlook and it is appropriate to divide the painting into three distinctive parts from top to bottom and consider the appropriate icons for each of the sections through a mystical and separating perspective as Nassott, Malakut and Lahout. Kajian Ikonografi Lukisan Sultan Muhammad Naqash Berjudul "Masti Lahouti - Nasuti" Abstrak Lukisan yang berjudul “Lahouti (divine) and Nassotti (worldly) Intoxication”, digambar pada sebuah halaman di Divan Hafez oleh Sam Mirza, di mana pelukisnya adalah Sultan Mohammad Naqash, seorang pelukis Sekolah Tabriz Safawi, yang dianggap sebagai salah satu contoh cemerlang ikon bergambar untuk penciptaan suasana mistis, simbolis dan teatrikal serta atraksi visual. Penelitian ini bersifat teoretis dan dilakukan melalui metode deskriptif-analitik, menganalisis ikonografi yang digunakan dalam lukisan tersebut dengan mengumpulkan gambar dan informasi menggunakan metode kepustakaan. Dengan memanfaatkan pendekatan historis dan semantik pada puisi-puisi Hafez serta gaya artistik Sultan Mohammad, kajian ini bertujuan untuk mendekripsi konsep mistik dan naratif pada lukisan. Pertanyaan penelitian utama yang diangkat yaitu: "Apa konsep filosofis, mistis, liris, dan mitologis dibalik hubungan antara ikon dan suasana visual yang mendominasi gambar?" Tinjauan literatur dilakukan pada kehidupan Hafez serta semantik dan gaya yang digunakan dalam syairnya serta sejarah Sekolah Lukisan Safawi Turkmenistan dan Tabriz dan gaya Sultan Mohammad Naqash, yang dicatat dalam artikel dan buku oleh penulis Iran dan asing. Melalui sumber yang didapat maka disimpulkan bahwa gaya Sultan Mohammad yang berlebihan dan humoris cocok dengan pandangan Hafez yang cerdas dan pantas untuk membagi lukisan menjadi tiga bagian yang berbeda dari atas ke bawah dan mempertimbangkan ikon yang sesuai untuk masing-masing bagian melalui perspektif mistis dan terpisah sebagai Nassott, Malakut dan Lahout
Grammatical errors in Saudi students' writing : a minimalist approach / Mohammad Abdul Aziz Omar Al-Khatib
No full textThis empirical study is an analysis of EFL writing by third year university students. There
are three aims of the current work; (1) to find out the kinds of grammatical errors Saudi
students make in their writings; (2) to explicate ungrammaticality of the students' errors
employing the Minimalist Program; (3) to evaluate the contributing factors that cause
grammatical errors. Data was derived from compositions written by a stratified random
sample of twenty junior students majoring in English at The Faculty of Arts and
Humanities in King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Actually, these
compositions are an assignment given by their lecturer as a kind of critical writing about
the play Trifles by Glaspell. The study is qualitative in nature as it primarily focuses on
analyzing the types of grammatical errors no matter how frequent they occur. Findings
revealed that most of the grammatical errors are in sentence structure, prepositions, subjectverb agreement and wrong use of words. The results demonstrated that Saudi juniors do not
completely fulfill the requirement for lexical information of an English sentence in the
sense they still do not fully understand how many arguments a verb must have, what
features a verb may have in terms of transitivity, intransitivity or even what kind of phrase
that a verb subcategorizes for. With regard to factors causing ungrammaticality, intralanguage errors were the majority of the grammatical errors in the writings whereas
mother-tongue interference has no great influence on the students' writing. Saudi EFL
students seem to over-generalize English rules to other positions in sentence structure.
Also, they are not aware, sometimes, of the exceptions or restrictions of a rule which results
in ill-formed structure. Findings of the study and its pedagogical implications are discussed
in detail in chapter five
Socio-cultural Constraints and Women’s Decision-making Power Regarding Reproductive Behaviour
No full textIn a previous study [Ali, Siyal and Sultan (1995)], we observed a big gap between behaviour and desires. Only 35 percent women had the number of children that they had desired. Whereas, a very large number of women had more children than their stated ideal number of children. The same data set also showed that a majority of women (54 percent) either wanted to stop having children or wanted to wait at least two years before having another child [Ali and Rukanuddin (1992)]. In practice, all of these women were not protected; instead only 12 percent were practising contraception [Shah and Ali (1992)]. An argument was put forward that, had these women been empowered to decide about the number of children to be born, the scenario would have been different and small family size norms would have prevailed. However, the finding of that study revealed that generally, the women who were considered to be empowered were actually constrained to exercise fertility control behaviour. It was hypothesised that socio-cultural influences including those of husbands, in-laws and other family members impelled women to become incapacitated. In the present study, an effort has been made to investigate and identify factors that influence women’s decision making about reproductive behaviour. Furthermore, an attempt to measure the extent of these influences has been made.
A study on public acceptance towards the implementation of GST in Malacca / Mohammad Afzanidzam Aziz
No full textThis paper is to examine public acceptance towards the implementation of GST in Malacca. However, there not much study about the public acceptance towards the implementation of GST in Malaysia or Malacca which mostly previous study is about public acceptance towards products or services. Thus, the theoretical framework was done. With a convenience sampling method used in this research, about 150 questionnaires distributed to the public before the results have revealed relationship and significant of conceptual framework of this topic. The researcher distributed the questionnaires among the public around Bandar Hilir on 16th November to 22nd November 2015. There are three conceptual factors which are knowledge, attitude and individual potential consumption behavior has been analysed. Then the result of the study would indicate the main influential public acceptance towards the implementation of GST in Malacca
Mathematics, Logic, and their Philosophies:Essays in Honour of Mohammad Ardeshir
No full textThis volume is a collection of essays in honour of Professor Mohammad Ardeshir. It examines topics which, in one way or another, are connected to the various aspects of his multidisciplinary research interests. Based on this criterion, the book is divided into three general categories. The first category includes papers on non-classical logics, including intuitionistic logic, constructive logic, basic logic, and substructural logic. The second category is made up of papers discussing issues in the contemporary philosophy of mathematics and logic. The third category contains papers on Avicenna’s logic and philosophy.Mohammad Ardeshir is a full professor of mathematical logic at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, where he has taught generations of students for around a quarter century. Mohammad Ardeshir is known in the first place for his prominent works in basic logic and constructive mathematics. His areas of interest are however much broader and include topics in intuitionistic philosophy of mathematics and Arabic philosophy of logic and mathematics. In addition to numerous research articles in leading international journals, Ardeshir is the author of a highly praised Persian textbook in mathematical logic. Partly through his writings and translations, the school of mathematical intuitionism was introduced to the Iranian academic community
Mathematics, Logic, and their Philosophies:Essays in Honour of Mohammad Ardeshir
No full textThis volume is a collection of essays in honour of Professor Mohammad Ardeshir. It examines topics which, in one way or another, are connected to the various aspects of his multidisciplinary research interests. Based on this criterion, the book is divided into three general categories. The first category includes papers on non-classical logics, including intuitionistic logic, constructive logic, basic logic, and substructural logic. The second category is made up of papers discussing issues in the contemporary philosophy of mathematics and logic. The third category contains papers on Avicenna’s logic and philosophy.Mohammad Ardeshir is a full professor of mathematical logic at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, where he has taught generations of students for around a quarter century. Mohammad Ardeshir is known in the first place for his prominent works in basic logic and constructive mathematics. His areas of interest are however much broader and include topics in intuitionistic philosophy of mathematics and Arabic philosophy of logic and mathematics. In addition to numerous research articles in leading international journals, Ardeshir is the author of a highly praised Persian textbook in mathematical logic. Partly through his writings and translations, the school of mathematical intuitionism was introduced to the Iranian academic community
sj-docx-2-jbm-10.1177_03936155221104128 - Supplemental material for Catalase C262T genetic variation and cancer susceptibility: A comprehensive meta-analysis with meta-regression and trial sequential analysis
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-2-jbm-10.1177_03936155221104128 for Catalase C262T genetic variation and cancer susceptibility: A comprehensive meta-analysis with meta-regression and trial sequential analysis by Md Abdul Barek, Sarah Jafrin, Md. Abdul Aziz and Mohammad Safiqul Islam in The International Journal of Biological Markers</p
sj-docx-1-jbm-10.1177_03936155221104128 - Supplemental material for Catalase C262T genetic variation and cancer susceptibility: A comprehensive meta-analysis with meta-regression and trial sequential analysis
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-jbm-10.1177_03936155221104128 for Catalase C262T genetic variation and cancer susceptibility: A comprehensive meta-analysis with meta-regression and trial sequential analysis by Md Abdul Barek, Sarah Jafrin, Md. Abdul Aziz and Mohammad Safiqul Islam in The International Journal of Biological Markers</p
Construction, validity and reliability of the Inventory of Basic Religious Knowledge (IBRK)
No full textexcept for the five-times prayer subscale which contains 20 items, with 10 positive items and 10 negative items. The theoretical framework used for this study is a combination of the basics of Fardhu Ain and Fardhu Kifayah, which describes the specific knowledge and practices that are very important for every Muslim to practise in order to become an ideal Muslim. Six experts in the fields of religion, counselling and languages were selected to answer a specially designed questionnaire in order to get the validity of IBRK. 40 final year undergraduates from the Sultan Idris Education University, Tanjung Malim, Perak, Malaysia were chosen to answer the questionnaire in order to get the reliability of IBRK. Results show that IBRK has good content validity and overall reliability. this study is considered successful in building a basic framework for IBRK. Finally, it is recommended that further studies be conducted to upgrade the IBRK for usage in the future
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