The 321st issue of Maʿrifat has been released in Persian for Summer 2025 by the Imam Khomeini Education and Research Institute, under the editorship of Abolfazl Sajedi. Since 1992, Maʿrifat has consistently served as a platform for presenting the scholarly achievements of professors, researchers, and students in seminaries and universities, playing a vital role in advancing Islamic knowledge and the humanities.
This issue presents a wide range of specialized articles addressing significant social, cultural, and religious themes. Topics include:
- Islamic law and the process of Islamic legislation;
- Qurʾānic criteria for selecting individuals to assume social responsibilities;
- Qurʾānic strategies for countering the ideological foundations of adversaries, with emphasis on cognitive and soft warfare.
Other contributions explore:
- Social conformity in the conduct of the Infallible Imāms (a);
- The impact of lifestyle on preventing victimization, grounded in Islamic principles;
- Analyzing spirituality in tourism;
- The role of intiẓār-i faraj (the Shīʿī concept of awaiting Imām Mahdī’s reappearance to establish justice) in contemporary human life, with particular reference to the thoughts of Ayatollah Javadi Amoli.
This issue of the journal provides a valuable opportunity for researchers and interested readers to become acquainted with the latest scholarly achievements and perspectives in the field of Islamic humanities, while fostering exchange of ideas and supporting the development of interdisciplinary research. The publication of these articles plays an important role in deepening social and religious understanding and in enhancing the scholarly standards of the research community.
Journal website: Maʿrifat 321, Summer 2025 | Maʿrifat.
