m0hammadreza ebrahimnejad
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Islam is a universal religion with a comprehensive and inclusive set of principles, most of which are laid out in the Holy Quran. For non-Arab Muslims, translation is the only way to access those readings. As a result, Muslim scholars have long been dealing with the issue of translation and two opposing ...
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Islam is a universal religion with a comprehensive and inclusive set of principles, most of which are laid out in the Holy Quran. For non-Arab Muslims, translation is the only way to access those readings. As a result, Muslim scholars have long been dealing with the issue of translation and two opposing views have been formed over time. The universality of Islam arguably makes translation not only permissible, but also necessary. However, other factors such as the spread of the Salafi school of thought has opposed translation. The opponents who are mostly from the Salafi School, have listed up to fifteen reasons, namely the impossibility of translating Quran and the risk of distorting Quran’s statements. This study examines these reasons to challenge them and show that they are baseless and lack the necessary logical foundation.
morteza semnoon (mahdavi); somaye amini kazemi
Abstract
According to the Abrahamic religions, God has spoken to his prophets, and the prophets have spoken to him. In some sacred books of these religions, the talks of God and prophets have been mentioned. Some of these books are the Quran and the Old Testament. What are the similarities and differences between ...
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According to the Abrahamic religions, God has spoken to his prophets, and the prophets have spoken to him. In some sacred books of these religions, the talks of God and prophets have been mentioned. Some of these books are the Quran and the Old Testament. What are the similarities and differences between the words and conversations between God and the prophets in these two books of the Holy Quran and the Old Testament? Exploring the issues of similarities and the differences between them is the result of the effort that we are discussing in this article. Studying the comparative issues between the two holy texts can lead to a better understanding of the two religions and pave the way for dialogue between the religions and the approximation between them. Conversations between God and the prophets (Adam, Noah, Abraham, Lot, and Moses) in these books, in some aspects are similar and in some aspects are different. The conversations between God and these prophets are very different in the Quran and the Old Testament. Each of the conversation will be explored according to the verses of that same book. Even if there is a verse in the Quran or the Old Testament with similar content, it will have a different meaning according to the position of verses in each book. In many verses of the Quran and the Old Testament, where the conversations of God and prophets included, the goals of the Quran and the Old Testament are seen in them. The Quran is a book that claims to be sent to guide all human beings, and this claim can be seen in the conversations of the prophets as well. The Old Testament also describes the history of the sons of Israel and is a book which is dedicated to the sons of Israel and the conversations of the prophets are also about sons of Israel. Therefore, Islam is a religion that claims to be globalized and Judaism is a tribal religion.
mohammad sobhani nia
Abstract
Some intellectual thinkers who have non-religious viewpoint and study revelation from a non-Quranic perspective, bring up the subject of religious experience and claim an agent role for the Prophet in the act of revelation. For them, God has merely granted a capability to the Prophet or other people ...
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Some intellectual thinkers who have non-religious viewpoint and study revelation from a non-Quranic perspective, bring up the subject of religious experience and claim an agent role for the Prophet in the act of revelation. For them, God has merely granted a capability to the Prophet or other people and via this special gift and ability, they can utter words by themselves and under the influence of their own contemporary culture and these very words make up the Holy Book. The present paper attempts to criticize this claim based on Quranic verses as well as religion evidence and proof and also through a re-reading of the role of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) in the revelation of the Qur'an. We argue that the Prophet, in the revelation of the Qur'an, had the role of a receiver and not that of an agent. The Qur'an is not the result of the religious experience of the Prophet and is not his words; rather, it is the very word of God; that is to say, the Qur'an is directly sent from God and the Prophet was merely the receiver of these words.
