An Explanation of the Raison d'être of the Andalusian Muwashshah
An Explanation of the Raison d'être of the Andalusian Muwashshah

Firuz Harirchi; Hussein-Ali Asghari Mati Kolaayi

Volume 1, Issue 2 , February 2010, Pages 1-12

Abstract
  Muwashshah is a poetic form which originated in Andalus (the present-day Spain) in the third century after Hegira, and much has been said on its first composer, Andalusian origin, and ...  Read More
Major Factors for the Emergence of Hija (Satirical Poetry) for Bashār
Major Factors for the Emergence of Hija (Satirical Poetry) for Bashār

Abul-Hasan i Amin-Moqaddas; Bahrām Amāni

Volume 1, Issue 2 , February 2010, Pages 13-29

Abstract
  Hij? or satire is a genre of poetry that emerges, both spontaneously and through conscious effort, from the depth of the poet’s soul to relieve him of his inner anguish and is ...  Read More
A Comparative Study of Contemporary “Eulogies in Honor of the Prophet” and Those in the Period of Decadence
A Comparative Study of Contemporary “Eulogies in Honor of the Prophet” and Those in the Period of Decadence

Adnān Tahmāsebi; Hasan Ismā’il-zādeh

Volume 1, Issue 2 , February 2010, Pages 31-51

Abstract
  Similar to any poetic genre, eulogy of the Prophet (pbuh) has progressed through various stages and experienced vicissitudes of history. The genre was first developed by such great ...  Read More
Terminological Overlaps in the Pre-Islamic Literature and the Qur’an
Terminological Overlaps in the Pre-Islamic Literature and the Qur’an

Nasrollāh Shāmeli; A’zam Parcham

Volume 1, Issue 2 , February 2010, Pages 53-76

Abstract
  Reaching a considerable growth in terms of rhetoric, eloquence, and semantic richness of words or terms, the Arabic language was ready in the Pre-Islamic Period to receive the Divine ...  Read More
Realism in Najib al-Kaylāni’s Short Stories in al-Kābus Short Story Anthology
Realism in Najib al-Kaylāni’s Short Stories in al-Kābus Short Story Anthology

Ensiyeh Khaz’ali; Ashraf Basiri

Volume 1, Issue 2 , February 2010, Pages 77-100

Abstract
  As a committed writer, Najib al-Kayl?ni was of the belief that works of art and literature should be used as a means to promote the Islamic culture; thus, he regarded writing narratives, ...  Read More
Orthography of Hamza in the Persian and Arabic Languages
Orthography of Hamza in the Persian and Arabic Languages

Hasan Abdullāhi

Volume 1, Issue 2 , February 2010, Pages 101-110

Abstract
  From among the Arabic alphabet, hamza is the only vowel with four orthographic variations of (alone), (above a w?w), (above and under an ‘alif) and (above a dotless y?). Such ...  Read More
A Study of Poems on [Imam Ali’s] Succession
A Study of Poems on [Imam Ali’s] Succession

Muhammad-Hussein Vātheqi-Rād

Volume 1, Issue 2 , February 2010, Pages 111-138

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2010.28682

Abstract
  Designating Imam Ali (pbuh) as the successor of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) is a source of Shia-Sunni split. To prove it, however, Shia provides arguments found in the Holy Qur’an, ...  Read More
An Inner Analysis of the First Ode of Abu Kabir al-Hudhali
An Inner Analysis of the First Ode of Abu Kabir al-Hudhali

Sa’id Sheibāni

Volume 1, Issue 2 , February 2010, Pages 139-154

Abstract
  Abu Kabir al-Hudhali was a poet of the Pre-Islamic era who converted to Islam during the time of the holy Prophet (pbuh). He is famous for his fourfold odes with similar prologues. ...  Read More
A Brief Analysis of Pillars of the Central Secretariat of the Government in the “Period of Mamālīk”:
A survey based on the book Subh al-‘A`shā
A Brief Analysis of Pillars of the Central Secretariat of the Government in the “Period of Mamālīk”: A survey based on the book Subh al-‘A`shā

Abdul-Hussein Feqhi; Seyed Ismā’il Qāsemi Musavi

Volume 1, Issue 2 , February 2010, Pages 155-177

Abstract
  Subh al-'A'sh? f? San?'at al-insh?' is one of the greatest encyclopedias produced in the Islamic civilization before the ninth century after Hegira. The book addresses a plethora of ...  Read More