مطالب

After the decline of positivism, the interpretive paradigm (structuralism) gained favor among Qur'anic scholars due to its emphasis on subjectivity, the role of values in cognition, attention to human interactions, and the interconnectedness of the knower and the knowable. However, despite the fact that this paradigm seems to be more compatible with the religious view than the positivist paradigm, there are still significant paradigmatic differences between it and the Islamic paradigm that need to be considered. The purpose of this paper is to examine the challenges of using common qualitative methods in Qur'anic studies, while proposing the method of component analysis as a more appropriate approach. With the help of this method, it is possible to create a comprehensive set of verses that are related to and consistent with any concept of research in the field of humanities. The method consists of four stages: data collection, data coding, summarization, and searching for verses consistent with the extracted components.In this way, it can serve as a valuable tool for Qur'an scholars to overcome the challenges associated with the use of common qualitative methods, and it allows for a systematic and comprehensive approach that enables researchers to bridge the Holy Qur'an and the humanities, preparing the ground for interdisciplinary studies in these fields.

This study examines the effects of exchange rate shocks on poor and rich households and inflation inequality in Iran over the period 2003m4-2022m4. Based on the econometric results, a one percentage point increase (depreciation) of the exchange rate (Iranian Rial versus US dollar) is expected to lead to a rise in food price inflation of about 0.1 in the short and 0.8 percentage points in the long run. The effect on non-food price inflation tends to be slightly lower, both in the short and the long run. As the share of food in the consumer baskets is higher for poor than for the rich households, depreciations of the exchange rate are more harmful at the lower end of the income scale. Likewise, poor households will benefit more, if the Rial appreciates against the US dollar.

Objective: Given that cultural perceptions regarding marriage are shifting and the pathways to marriage are more complex, scholars interested in marital rela tionships have recently focused their attention on understanding the individual’s attitudes, values, and beliefs regarding marital transitions and relationships, and how those beliefs may alter individual and relational behaviors. In this article we have tried to rely on various theoretical approaches to explain marital meaning - particularly the theory of symbolic interactionism and concept of "Marital Paradigm" as the central concept of the study - to create an appropriate model that provides a different explanation for differences in individual’s marital paradigms. Methods: The model explains the marital paradigm using four groups of factors. Our basic idea was marital paradigm which was a production of encountering four groups of factors including personal, structural, cultural and commutative factors. The model was tested by a secondary analysis - based on dataset from a survey conducted in 2016 in Tehran - and has been confirmed by results of this study. Results: The results showed that variables such as religiosity, age, income, marriage duration and gender directly affect the marital paradigms of Iranian people. Conclusion:  Given that paradigm differences may be the root of many marital problems, the present study introduces a new form of homogamy called "paradigmatic homogamy” as a solution. This concept considers the paradigmatic coordination of couples as an important factor in marital strength, and suggests that individuals learn about the partner's paradigmatic characteristics before entering into marriage. These characteristics can be traced to the six dimensions of the marital paradigm that we discussed in this study.