Authors Guidelines

Essential Title Page Information

Title:  Concise and informative. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems.
Author Names and Affiliations: Please clearly indicate the given name(s) and family name(s) of each author and check that all names are accurately spelled. You can add your name between parentheses in your own script behind the English transliteration. Present the authors’ affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author’s name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name and, if available, the e-mail address of each author.
Corresponding Author: Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. This responsibility includes answering any future queries about Methodology and Materials. Ensure that the e-mail address is given and that contact details are kept up to date by the corresponding author.
Present/Permanent Address: If an author has moved since the work described in the article was done, or was visiting at the time, a ‘Present address’ (or ‘Permanent address’) may be indicated as a footnote to that author’s name. The address at which the author actually did the work must be retained as the main, affiliation address. Superscript Arabic numerals are used for such footnotes.

Abstract

A concise and factual abstract is required up to 200 words. The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. For this reason, References should be avoided, but if essential, then cite the author(s) and year(s). Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.

Keywords

Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 5 keywords, using British spelling and avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, ‘and’, ‘of’). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.
Reference Style
Researchers or requested to follow the following reference style while developing their papers for Mishkāt-ul-‘ilm Journal. This style is originated from Chicago Manual of Style. References should be auto and at the end of the article.
References for the first time in the paper
Book:
Muhammad Asad, Islam at the crossroads (Lahore: Sheikh Muhammad Ashraf, 1955), P 12.
(In case of more than one volume please write volume and page as: 1/12)
Journal:
Muhammad Samiei, “Neo-Orientaliosm? The relationship between the West and Islam in our globalized world.”Third World Quarterly 31, no. 7 (2010), P 1145.
Website:
McDonald's Corporation. "McDonald's Happy Meal Toy Safety Facts." Accessed July 19, 2008. http://www.mcdonalds.com/corp/about/factsheets.html.
Editor, translator, or compiler in addition to author:
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Love in the Time of Cholera, trans. Edith Grossman (London: Cape, 1988), P 242-55.
Editor, translator, or compiler instead of author:
Richmond Lattimore, trans., The Iliad of Homer (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1951), P 91-92.
Thesis or dissertation:
Richard E. Remedios, "Defining my Process: My Journey Through the MFA Acting Program at the University of South Carolina." (Masters thesis, University of South Carolina, 2007), P 35.
Indirect Source:
Ian Hacking, The Social Construction of What? (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999), P 103, quoted in Manuel DeLanda, A New Philosophy of Society (New York: Continuum, 2006), P 2.
Paper presented at a meeting or conference:
Rachel Adelman, " 'Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On': God's Footstool in the Aramaic Targumim and Midrashic Tradition" (paper presented at the annual meeting for the Society of Biblical Literature, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 21-24, 2009).
Book review:
David Kamp, "Deconstructing Dinner," review of The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, by Michael Pollan, New York Times, April 23, 2006, Sunday Book Review, P 30.
Organization, association, or corporation as author:
University of Chicago Press, The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003), P 100-101.
Two or more authors:
Geoffrey C. Ward, John H and Ken Burns, The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945 (New York: Knopf, 2007), P 12.
Short References (i.e. after first reference in the paper)
Book:
Asad, Islam at the crossroads, P 13.
(In case of more than one volume please write volume and page as: 1/12)
Journal:
Samiei, “Neo-Orientaliosm? The relationship between the West and Islam in our globalized world.” Third World Quarterly, P 1146.
Editor, translator, or compiler in addition to author:
Marquez, Love in the Time of Cholera, P 56.
Editor, translator, or compiler instead of author:
Lattimore, The Iliad of Homer, P 93.
Website:
Corporation. "McDonald's Happy Meal Toy Safety Facts." Accessed July 19, 2008. http://www.mcdonalds.com/corp/about/factsheets.html.
Thesis or dissertation:
Remedios, "Defining my Process: My Journey Through the MFA Acting Program at the University of South Carolina." , P 36.
Indirect Source:
Hacking, The Social Construction of What?, 104, quoted in Manuel DeLanda, A New Philosophy of Society , P 3.
Paper presented at a meeting or conference:
Adelman, " 'Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On': God's Footstool in the Aramaic Targumim and Midrashic Tradition"
Book review:
Kamp, "Deconstructing Dinner", P 31.
Organization, association, or corporation as author:
Chicago Press, The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed , P 102.
Two or more authors:
Ward, H and Burns, The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945, P 13.
Verse from the Quran:
Al-Baqarah 2:15.

Literature Review

This section may critically describe/evaluate literature relevant to research problem, establish context, compare and contrast the most recent developments in literature and trends. Search gaps after concentrating on thought leaders’ work and linking the research with relevant theories. Authors are flexible in writing literature review to be the part of introduction section. A Review-of-Literature is more to cater information from various significant sources which provide support to the major points of the article. Only Foot-notes are allowed (at the end of manuscript) for citing the references in Chicago Manual of Style with no running sentences.

Data & Methodology

The sources and types of data should clearly be mentioned in this section. List of variables description should also be the part of this section. This section may describe the statistical and econometric techniques applied to the data sets with the explanation of construction of hypotheses, equations, statistical tool and justification in case of quantitative analysis while for qualitative analysis, methodology should clearly be mentioned.

Results and Discussion

This section may cover in depth interpretation through applying higher order thinking skill of analysis and develop novel arguments based on significance of statistical relations. Establish interconnections among and within variables. Testing hypotheses and comparing with literature.
Conclusions
The conclusion section should in range of 250-450 with running sentences. The conclusion section must define the below:
1- Main outcome of the research work.
2- Research significance (importance of the research).
3- Relevance.
4- Limitation.
5- Application.
6- Recommendations.

Acknowledgements/Contribution of Authors

All types of acknowledgements regarding contribution of authors and financial aids/sources of funding in case of research projects should be mentioned at the end of complete article but before the references. The contribution of authors is mandatory to write author-wise only with in one sentence in all submissions. This should be written before the References of the article.
References
All references are required to be complete, accurate, authentic and primary (Journal, online books, proceedings, patents, authentic websites with permanent archival policy). Grey literature (unauthentic website, news portal, social media, Wikipedia etc.) are not encouraged. If the author is referring hadith, Tafasir or fiqh books then use original root books.