This issue of quarterly research journal “Noor-e- Marfat”, contains 6 scholarly articles. The first two articles guide us how we can bring the prosperity and welfare to our lives. The 3^rd article also highlights the role of some practices like piety, trust, gratitude, charity, lending, and marriage in increasing our sustenance and wealth. The 4^th paper sheds light on the works of Shia historians. It introduces 20 books compiled by the Shiites on the history and biography of the Prophets, particularly the holy Prophet ^(PBUH). The 5^th paper throws a light upon the ‘importance of knowledge and its sanctity’, ‘the reliability of knowledge and its scope for being errorless’ from the viewpoint of Allama Tabatabai's book "Usul-e Filsafah wa Rawish-e Realism".  Finally, the 6^th article presents an introduction to the "Zhikri" sect, found in Pakistan's Baluchistan and Sindh provinces, as well as Iranian Baluchistan.