Vol 16 No 1 (2025): Quarterly Research Journal Noor-e- Marfat

The 67^th issue of the quarterly research journal “Noor-e-Ma'rfat” contains 6 scholarly articles. The 1^st article defends the common belief of all Muslims that the Holy Quran is a revealed book whose text is not the words of any human being, but the word of Allah Almighty. The 2^nd article carries a key message that contemporary taxonomies –especially Bloom- that describe the goals and outcomes of learning, suffer serious problems and need to be reconsidered. 3^rd article answers this question how it is possible to shape Modern Islamic civilization from the viewpoint of Allama Muhammad Iqbal. 4^th article analysis Mr. Javed Ahmad Ghamidi;s refuse of the belief in the appearance of Imam Mahdi (A.S.). 5^th article examines Hans-Georg Gadamer's theory of understanding a text and declares it as incompatible with the methodology of comprehension that the desicpline of Usul-e Fiqh puts forward; i.e, "generic appearance" (zuhūr naw‘ī). At the end, 6^th article examines the reasons why Iran is under US sanctions. The article focuses on the success and failure of US sanctions on Iran, as well as the impact of these sanctions on the Iranian people.