The semantic examination of the divine specific mercy in Quran
Semantic examination of Quranic words is considered one of the new methods of <br /> studying Quran. this approach tends to identify Quran 's view on an issue through <br /> semantically analyzing Quranic keywords. The subject of this article is the divine mercy. The divine mercy en...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Alzahra University
2010-12-01
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| Series: | تحقیقات علوم قرآن و حدیث |
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| Online Access: | http://tqh.alzahra.ac.ir/article_3393_e9a7fa2de19341cb18d8ef4f90f50219.pdf |
| Summary: | Semantic examination of Quranic words is considered one of the new methods of <br /> studying Quran. this approach tends to identify Quran 's view on an issue through <br /> semantically analyzing Quranic keywords.
The subject of this article is the divine mercy. The divine mercy enjoys two <br /> permanent streamlines in the world of existence: the general and specific mercy. By <br /> cause of the general mercy the whole creation came into existence and by that of the <br /> specific one it reached its ultimate perfection. Human being's salvation which is his <br /> adapting the divine names and attributes is only possible by the means of the <br /> specific mercy.
The objectives pursued in this study is semantically examining the specific <br /> mercy in order to identify the collocations and substitutions of the keywords in the <br /> literal context of the verse with the aim of reaching the deep concept underlying the <br /> words and comprehending the consistency of quranic teachings and its systematic <br /> organization of thought. Responding to the criticizes of the orientalists who claim <br /> that Quran does not cherish from a consistent system of thought is one of the <br /> implications of this study.
As an example the collocations of the word monotheism, contemplation and <br /> thought ,faith and piety and love with divine mercy in the verses 163-165 of sura al- <br /> Baghara indicates that man by his constant contemplation on the signs of Allah in <br /> the nature opens the doors of divine specific mercy on himself, believes in Allah and <br /> gradually reaches the monotheism status in order to get strength by his intimacy and <br /> love for god ; while those neglect to the divine signs in creation, denounce <br /> monotheism and conclusively will suffer from the divine torments and be deprived <br /> of the divine specific mercy. |
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| ISSN: | 2008-2681 2476-616X |