Vol 12 No 4 (2021): Quarterly Social & Religious Research Journal Noor-e-Marfat

The 54^th issue of the quarterly research journal Noor-e-Ma'rfat contains 11 research works. The 1^st article represents the ideas of Imam Razi's Tafsir Mufatih Al-Ghayb that are related to the moral reformation. In the 2^nd article, an attempt has been made to clarify the standard of the 'Sunnah'. The 3^rd article examines materialist and atheist ideologies in the light of Islamic teachings. The 4^th article explains the four basic principles of foreign policy of an Islamic state. The 5^th article covers the objectives of the educational curriculum of an Islamic country. The 6^th article argues that the contemporary movement of feminism is, in fact, contrary to Islamic teachings and equivalent to the exploitation of women’s rights.In the 7^th article the well-known historian Arnold Joseph Toynbee's theory of the formation and evolution of Islamic civilization is scrutinized. The 8^th article highlights the style of Maulana Abdul Hadi Shah Mansoori's Tafsīr Al-Burhan Fi Muskalat-e-Quran. In the 9^th article, the author has discussed the commentary on Imam Ibn Malik's book on the science of syntax, Alfiyyah, the "Al-Ashmooni". The 10^th article provides a scholarly overview of the developments in Islamic banking in Muslim countries, especially in Pakistan. Based on Ali Eteraz’s novel Native Believer, the last article of this issue, presents an analytical assessment of the causes and implications of islamophobia in America. We hope that this issue of the quarterly Noor-e-Ma'rfat will - as always - prove to be a real attempt to solve the intellectual and practical problems of the Islamic world. God willing!