“Revelation in the light of the verses of the Quran”

MUHAMMAD AKİF JİHAN

Abstract Of Title

The phenomenon of divine revelation is not only one of the fundamental issues of Islam but also of the other Abrahamic religions. The divine revelation underlies the religion, and essentially is the name of revelation which comes from a different ontological sphere, the God, via a different ontological creature, to a different ontological sphere, the prophet. The divine revelation came in the sight of humanity with the first message given to first human. After creating the first human, the God contacted him via the divine revelation in order to introduce Himself and to inform the purpose of creation. This communication created with first human via the divine revelation had continued through the medium of messengers, which the God had sent when they were needed. When analyzing the divine revelation, it is only proper to determine Shûrâ/51 as the axis. In accordance with aforementioned verse, the divine intervention to earth should be approached in two main aspects; takwini and taklifi. Takwini, aka direct divine revelation, occurs as judgment and creation of the God, Him designing and organizing the nature, and inspiration. As for taklifi divine revelation, it is the cognitive revelation related with kalam. Taklifi revelation is understood as the message of the God to all humanbeings, which is either transmitted from behind the curtain –pertains to Prophet Moses- or via His messengers Gabriel and Prophets. The study consists of an introduction and two sections. In the introduction, the nature of the divine revelation, communication of the God and humans, the relationship of intellect and revelation are discussed. The first section deals with the concepts of revelation and inspiration in Qur'an, the elements of revelation, the patterns of divine revelation, the concepts of messenger and the example of Sunnah. In the second section revelation concepts in Muslim tradition and Western theology are analyzed, revelation according to classical Muslim theology schools, sufis and Muslim philosophers are discussed. Lastly, revelation concept in Western theology is also mentioned. Keywords: Allah, Revelation, Messenger, Gabriel, Human, Delegate, Agent, Lawh-i Mahfuz, Intellect

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Lnaguage: Turkish - Type: Thesis - Number of pages: 219 - Date: 2016 - Country: TR