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Attempts to seek legitimate for the theories of imamate articulated by religious and political Islamic sects led them to focus on the Quran and the prophetic tradition (sunnah), the most reliable proofs. According to the Kharijites, the leader (imâm) must be determined by way of consultation (shûrâ) and come to the power with the free election of Muslims. The imam, according to the Kharijites, is fallible and legitimate as long as he did not deviate from the oath of allegiance and justice. Otherwise, obedience to him is not necessary and hence he must be discharged. In this paper, we tried to deal with the Kharijite theory of imamate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to articulate modern approaches (Watt, Braithwaite, Cupitt, Halefullah etc.) toward the reality of Qur'anic narratives critically and proposes that those narratives are not based on merely imaginative constructions. Nevertheless, regarding the classical understanding of narratives which opposes modern approaches, it claims that narratives are of outstanding significance for human life, as it is presented by modern approaches, hence it is possible that some imaginative constructions play their roles within the Qur'anic narratives. Accordingly, both imaginative constructions and the reality should be taken into considerations in case of understanding the narratives from different perspectives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to examine the connotations of colors used in the Qur'ân. Just as the grammatical language, the colors are means of communication. The Qur'ân uses colors as a way of telling something literally. For instance, while such colors as black, yellow, and blue imply bad things, white and green colors imply good things. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]