“The concept of kitap in the Quran”

MUJİTİBA ALTİNTASH

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One of the Qur?anic concepts which has important multiplicity of meanings and is required to be understood correctly is the concept of ?Kitap?(Book). Looking up verses, the concept of ?Kitap? has been used in different meanings. Beside its reference to many concepts, main meaning sphere of the concept of Kitap is connected with the concepts of God, revelation, prophet and scripture. Revelation is divided into two categories as epistemological and ontological. Considering this main seperation, both legal proposals which consists of divine messages, and ontological codes which was set for the domain of existence, are named as the Kitap.The focus point of debates with regard to the Kitap constitutes the concepts of ?Levh-i mahfûz? and ?Ümmü?l kitâb?. It is a common misconception that ?Levh-i mahfûz? is exactly the same as divine knowledge. Levh-i mahfûz isn?t a place where it was recorded but a place where revelation was taken at the stage of the descending of revelation. In the Qur?an, the concept of ?Kitâb-ı meknûn?, not ?Ümmü?l kitâb?, is used for the concept of ?Levh-i mahfûz?. Both concept have stressed the actuality and protectiveness of revelation source. Ümmü?l kitâb is the origin of ?Levh-i mahfûz? from which Qur?an and all scriptures originate. Thus, Ümmü?l kitâb is a special concept that symbolizes divine will which is the source and essence of revelation. In this respect, Ümmü?l kitâb is both the source of all being codes and all scriptures. Therefore, the concept of ?Kitap? is a key concept that makes sense of the relation of God with being and human. This study has two parts. In Chapter One, the ?Kitap? concept has been discussed as a revelation. At this stage, the revelation that signifies the ?Kitap? has been divided into two categories as ontological and epistemological revelation. In Chapter Two, it has been dealt with the concept of ?Kitap? as the total of divine messages. The chapter also includes an examination of the terms referring to epistemological revelation and the special names of divine revelations.

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Lnaguage: Turkish - Type: Thesis - Number of pages: 245 - Date: 2012 - Country: TR