Muslim Arabs entered Iran in the seventh century (A.D.) with their victory over Sasanian Empire. During the first few centuries, the sociocultural condition in Iran was naturally influenced by the changes which had been occurred in the political scene. This influence was the result of the encounter of two distinct social regimes which had different cultural values and traditions. According to historians, the so-called Iranian-ISLAMIC civilization has been formed in the third century (10th c. A.D.). Two centuries of encounter between the two different socio-cultural regimes resulted in the cultural integration of the regimes, and finally formed a new framework.Although the new cultural configuration was based on ISLAMIC values, many of its . components had Iranian origin. The most important issue in the first few centuries - mostly called as the "Transition PERIOD" - was this fact that Iranians had tendency towards Islam and it attracted them. By analyzing the initial reaction of Iranian society in confrontation with Arabs and Islam, the present article tries to reach a comprehensive and better understanding of the growth and development of ISLAMIC culture in Iran.

This study considers the implication of “Night” in two PERIODs: pre ISLAMIC and ISLAMIC PERIOD. So to study the meaning and implication of “Night” in pre ISLAMIC PERIOD, we considered the poem of poets of this PERIOD, as the only written documents of Ignorance PERIOD. To consider its meaning in ISLAMIC PERIOD, we referred to some verses of holy Koran as the strongest text. At the end, a short analyzing about meaning of “Night” in these two PERIODs, have been done.

In this article it is tried to have a general survey in illustration art development in early ISLAMIC PERIOD and the reason behind its fluctuation at that time. Many illustrated work left over through ISLAMIC history and expressing contrastive views about the sanctity and lawfulness of illustration required a through and continual research.Nowadays despite reasonable discussions and religious positive verdicts about the necessity of applying different artistic methods to clarify the public opinion towards ISLAMIC historical facts as wall as scientific, literary, and social concepts explanation, we are facing some suggestions from a few people who have always introduced the religion as a though and problematic phenomenon and led the ISLAMIC society to hesitancy towards applying effective and useful methods.

The various aspects and values of the ISLAMIC civilization have been manifested in different sciences during centuries. The Muslim thinkers and scholars have always regarded Politics as a respected domain of knowledge and approached it via different perspectives. The main issue was about the statues of politics as a science and the question was about the place of it in the classification of sciences?Political issues such as the relationship of the ruler and other people were discussed in different branches of knowledge including ethics, mysticism and jurisprudences.There were many debates about different aspects and problems of politics but each science discussed them in its special way. Some of the important texts related to political issues from different branches of sciences are cited here and their common characters have been discussed and criticized in details.

Will is one of the techniques of prose that states Important community issues. Will, in the Jahilid PERIOD was according to Interpreting minds and personal experience as wills in ISLAMIC PERIOD was according to Quranic style that states ISLAMIC ideology. This article will discuss and compared to Two Wills, One of the Gaheli PERIOD and other of ISLAMIC PERIOD, and makes The result that Abubakar Will about caliphate was according to Will Abdshms and Jahilid PERIOD and reveals that caliphate problem at the beginning of ISLAMIC PERIOD was according to Jahilid tradition not based on tradition of the prophet.

Many studies have been undertaken with respect to the architecture of ISLAMIC mosques in Iran. In most of these studies, mosques have been investigated monographically, so researchers have paid close attention to the physical structure, historical changes, and ornaments. In this book, Barbara Finster has taken into account such a repetitive format. Besides, this book has thoroughly focused on the evolution of early ISLAMIC mosques in Iran. The present review has taken both form and content into account for further evaluation. This book can be regarded as one of the analytic and interpretive books which can open new horizons to ISLAMIC architecture in the early ISLAMIC centuries based on the writer’ s postulations. Although this outstanding work has some merits, it is not without demerits particularly with respect to its translation. The selection of inappropriate equivalents for the technical words and some content inaccuracies are some of the major pitfalls of the book.

Radjaz, the epic verse, is one of the oldest forms of Arabic poetry which in the pre ISLAMIC times included different subjects of priding on tribe or revenging or challenging someone to fight and the like. By the appearance of Islam, there were other subjects such as eagerness for martyrdom and defense of the prophet Mohammad added to former aims of Radjaz. Thus the ISLAMIC Radjaz was combined from meaning of Al-Jahiliyyah and sense of Islam. It seems that the Radjaz of Ashura, the day in which Imam Hoseyn ibn Ali (peace be upon him) was martyred, is the evolution of ISLAMIC Rajaz purified from Jahiliyyah meaning. It’s supposed, in addition, to be the greatest model of ISLAMIC literature of resistance in its time that influenced poems composed after. In this article, we try to prove this thought by comparing some Radjaz in ISLAMIC PERIOD with Radjaz of Ashura.

From a "Political Economy" perspective, some major changes in the ISLAMIC Republic of Iran, different from the nature and content of the ISLAMIC Revolution, have been occurred. These changes, during four PERIODs, from modernism to fundamentalism and traditionalism in the sphere of culture and ideology, from industrial capitalism and bourgeois orientation in economy to commercial capitalism and non-bourgeois orientation, and in the political sphere from liberal democracy and political pluralism to populism and theocracy, have been formed. This essay trys to explain the process of formation of intellectual trends in association with economic tendencies and power blocks (the relations of ideas to interests and political positions), and evaluate the possibility or impossibility of the realization of development and democracy in Iran.