Journal of Razavi Culture

Abstract Recognizing the status of man and studying his various dimensions and characteristics is one of the central issues in the teachings of divine religions, especially Islam and human schools, and many efforts and strategies have been made to reach him for his ultimate bliss based on dignity and esteem. Dignity means honor, esteem and venerable, that is the subject of discussion and confrontation  between Islam and human sciences. The aim of this study was to review the dimensions and effects of human dignity from Imam Riḍā's viewpoint and psychology, using library documents and resources and descriptive-analytic method of content analysis type, to examine the human dignity from the standpoint of both perspectives.
 The results of this study shows that from Imam Reza’s viewpoint, the origin of human dignity is inherent and dependent on the divine spirit and has a spiritual and transcendent orientation, and its aim is to reach the Divine proximity and be the caliph of Allah on the earth, which through the centrality of God's servants, comes from potentiality to actuality. But in psychology, self-esteem is derived from inward and outward factors, its origins are needs (shortcomings), and its purpose is to meet the needs of the material environment and to flourish the human capacity for success and progress.

Abstract Optimal governance and rule has always been a matter of Shiite discussion. The Shiite religion refers to Thaqalain to explain the good religious government and attempts to obtain the elements of an optimal government from traditions of the Prophet’s progeny (as) after reading the Qur’ān and explaining the concepts of governance in it. Imam Riḍā (as) crown prince is one of the most important periods in extracting the most important components of a good religious government. Imam Riḍā (as) tried to implement Islamic law during his rule. This research seeks to answer this question. What are the most important components of an optimal government from Imam Riḍā’s perspective? The main issue of the research is that what was considered by Imam Riḍā (as) at the Abbasid court as components for the Islamic state? The present study uses a descriptive-analytical method and utilizes library resources to study different periods of his leadership and has extracted the most important components of the optimal state from his perspective.
The Hermeneutic Intentionalism method by Quentin Skinner forms the theoretical framework for this study, according to which the time of Imam Riḍā (as) is described. Then, the important concepts of a good government have been explained from Imam Riḍā’s perspective. Of course, one should point out that the most important components of a good government from his point of view, as expressed in this article, are merely the possible components of the present paper's authors in the viewpoint of Imam Riḍā (as), and, otherwise, he has never directly expressed such components for the desirability of Islamic rule.

Abstract In the anthropological account to folklore, oral literature is considered as a reflection of culture and its implications and is seen as a context for research on society. This article examines the poems related to two oral rituals in Sheshtamad, Sabzevar, as Chavoshikhani and robayikhani.In the study of these poems, emphasis is placed on the poems of Imam Reza.The present research is based on the ethnographic method and inspired of the theoretical discussion of Victor Turner on ritual symbols. The poems of these rituals acts as ritual symbols, representing a semantic condensation. Congestion, which acts as a semantic spectrum, refers, on the one hand, to human emotions, and on the other hand, it is related to the potential and actual norms and orders of society. What is important in understanding this semantic spectrum is the attention to the non-separability of these two poles.

Abstract                  The Holy Quran is the scripture that the Prophet of Islam (pbuh) has received through revelation to lead the human society towards human Utopia. After the Prophet passed away, ahl al-Bayt (AS) have taken the task of propagation and interpretation of this heavenly Book. Imams (pbuh) also had particular efforts to guide the principles of human life based on Quranic verses. In the meantime, based on having the political authority and the position of the Imamate the Shiites, the role of Imam Reza (PBUH) is very important. After his father, the Imam has taken the task of interpreting the Quran and guiding the Islamic community and paid special attention to the Quranic teachings, and considered it a complete reference to solving problems.
Among the important points that we find in succession in the words of Imam Reza (pbuh) is his adaptation directly or indirectly from Quranic verses for explaining and having more influence on the audience. In the present study, the writers, using a descriptive-analytical method and studying Sahifat al-Reza (pbuh), will examine the influence of the Qur'anic verses on the audience from the perspective of Arabic rhetoric forms such as adaptation, quotation, argumentation, and… .

Abstract In Ahl Al-Bayt (A.S)'s school, debates and arguments, which were managed during the history by them, were employed to explain religious studies while facing with the opponents of Islam. Meanwhile, considering the educational style of Imam Reza (A.S) while debating with the followers of other different religions and schools of thought reflects the scientific position of Imam Reza, introduces him as a perfect human personality, can be a model to compile a document on how to do an accurate and ethics-driven debate, and can be a step towards the educating of humans during the history. The current descriptive-analytical study seeks to answer this main question: What are the main pivots of Imam Reza's educational style while debating with the followers of other religions and schools of thought? Based on the findings of the study, following educational goals, emphasizing key principles of Islam, referring to sacred texts, being dominant on different languages and accents, carrying out best debates, maintaining the human dignity, observing fairness and justice in debates and so on are the main pivots of Imam Reza's educational style while debating with the followers of other religions and schools of thought.