Quran and Quranic teachings
Habibullah Halimi Jolodar; fateme Qorbani laktarashani; sakineh abbasi karani
Abstract
Examining the meaning of the words in the Quran plays an important and special role in understanding the purpose of God and the precise application of divine commands. The present study has analyzed the word " Savval" in the Quran by using the method of description and analysis. The word " Savval" which, ...
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Examining the meaning of the words in the Quran plays an important and special role in understanding the purpose of God and the precise application of divine commands. The present study has analyzed the word " Savval" in the Quran by using the method of description and analysis. The word " Savval" which, in the dictionary analysis, contains the meaning of beguiling and embellishing, has many semantic fields in common. The use of this word in the Quran warns the audience about it and warns the believers about the possibility of falling into the trap of "Tasvil". This word emphasizes on multiplicity and gradualness in four verses and in the chapter "Tafa'il", it has been used and had a meaningful association with the words "Satan" and "Nafs". Therefore, in order to investigate the semantic fields involved with the word " Savval ", it was investigated its substitutes, which include the words "zayin", "Izlal", "Iqvae", "nazgh" and "vasvasah". In the end, the conclusion was reached that each of the companion and substitute words play a significant role in the semantic range of the word " Savval " and the concept of "Tasvil" in a specific way.
alireza rezaee seraji; mohamad hoseyn ardani nokandeh
Abstract
One of the most significant requirements for attaining prosperity and human perfection that all divine religions have attended to and all the great men in the world – the prophets, saints, mystics and sages – have sought is the companionship of and association with the great people. Such ...
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One of the most significant requirements for attaining prosperity and human perfection that all divine religions have attended to and all the great men in the world – the prophets, saints, mystics and sages – have sought is the companionship of and association with the great people. Such association has an enormous impact on man’s fate and according to Sufi sages, all the achievements of man are the result of his association with the wise. Unfortunately, at present, most of the human societies that are faced with acute moral crises are oblivious to this fact, while the holy Qur'an and the traditions have been seriously concerned with such companionship; texts on mysticism have paid considerable attention to this point too. This paper aims at examining the status and significance of companionship and association in religious texts and in Islamic mysticism.
