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Untranslatability of the Holy Quran: Analytical Perspective with Reference to Four English Translations

open access: yes, 2022
The central demand elevated in this article is: Is it possible to translate the ‘genre’ of Quran? This article tried to involve some syntactic, semantic, cultural as well as stylistic difficulties and supports the argument with samples of verses from the
Fadil Elmenfi (12501745)
core   +1 more source

The Ramadan Gambit: The Impact of Fasting on Cognitive Performance

open access: yesOxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT More than 2 billion people participate annually in Ramadan fasting, making its potential effects on cognitive performance important for workplaces, education and high‐stakes decision‐making. We study these effects in tournament chess, an incentivised, real‐world cognitive task in which move quality can be evaluated objectively by a strong ...
Samuel Buckland, David Smerdon
wiley   +1 more source

Therapeutic flora in Holy Quran [PDF]

open access: yesAfrican Journal of History and Culture, 2014
Civilizations have a tendency to revolve around meaningful concepts of a theoretical nature which more than anything else gives them their distinctive character. Such concepts are to be found at the very beginning of a rising civilization or they may signalize, when they first make their appearance, an entirely new departure towards the eventual ...
openaire   +1 more source

The Right to Exist as the Foundation of Equal Citizenship: An Ontological Inquiry of State‐Citizen Relations in Türkiye

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite enduring decades of advocacy, Alevi communities in Türkiye find themselves in a constant state of anticipation for acknowledgment from the Turkish state. Previous studies have long documented the marginalized status of Alevis within Turkish society and their ongoing struggle for recognition; however, they have overwhelmingly framed the
Aslı Gücin
wiley   +1 more source

Insider/Outsider/Transsiders of Transnational Migration

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Migration is individually and collectively a challenging but also a transformative praxis and process. In my proposal, I present these in the context of transnational migration of two multigenerational families whose pioneers originally migrated from Turkey to Germany.
Halil Can
wiley   +1 more source

A Shallow Echo: Artificial Intelligence and the Semantic Flattening of the Qur'an

open access: yesLearned Publishing, Volume 39, Issue 3, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Scriptural Arabic relies on highly intentional word choices, employing apparent synonyms and near‐synonyms that convey distinct semantic values based on their specific textual placement. Historically, computational translation has struggled to reproduce these precise textual boundaries. Addressing this issue, the present investigation assesses
Ekrema Shehab
wiley   +1 more source

Testing Sphinx’s language model fault-tolerance for the Holy Quran [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The Carnegie Mellon University’s (CMU) Sphinx framework is increasingly used for the Arabic speech recognition in general and applied to the Holy Quran in particular.
Shah, Asadullah   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Improving child mental health and learning outcomes and reducing stigma and discrimination in conflict setting: findings from a cluster randomized controlled trial of a classroom‐based psychosocial intervention in rural primary schools in Afghanistan

open access: yesJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Volume 67, Issue 7, Page 1127-1146, July 2026.
Background Conflict and crises have long‐lasting and dramatic consequences on the mental health of children. We aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a psychosocial intervention on child mental health in Afghanistan. Methods A two‐arm cluster‐randomized controlled trial was conducted in 83 rural primary schools within three provinces of Afghanistan.
Jean‐Francois Trani   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Examination of the Exegetical and Quranic Principles of Muhammad Amin Astarabadi and the Critique of Them [PDF]

open access: yesآموزه‌های قرآنی, 2019
Muhammad Amin Astarabadi is one of the famous scholar of Imamiyyah in 11th A. H. Muhammad Amin has codified his teachings in a book titled “al_Fawa'id al_Madaniyya” which is a prominent work among his works. He has special principles and specific Quranic
Muhammad Sharifi, Ghasem Faez
doaj   +1 more source

Cultural and Religious Influences on Muslim Clients' Mental Health Support Experiences: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis

open access: yesCounselling and Psychotherapy Research, Volume 26, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Aims This systematic review aimed to synthesise qualitative empirical evidence exploring Muslim clients' experiences of seeking and receiving psychological support. The study sought to illuminate the complexity, differences and shared patterns in Muslim clients' therapeutic encounters to inform culturally responsive and inclusive mental health
Yusuf Mahmood   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

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