A critical analysis of the epistemological basis of the astonishing view of the language of the Qur'an with an emphasis on the opinions of Soroush and Mojtahedshabastri.

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Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• mahdi mahdavi aela ¹
• alireza khatam ²
• aliahmad naseh ³

¹ Assistant Professor at the Department of Theology and Islamic Studies at Shiraz University of Technology

² Professor of Qom Seminary

³ Professor of the Department of Quranic and Hadith Sciences, University of Qom

10.22067/jquran.2024.84151.1602

Abstract

One of the most important criteria for validating a point of view is rereading its fundamental intellectual foundations. Revision of the basic epistemological basis and analysis and criticism of its multiple dimensions have an effective role in monitoring the language of the Qur'an. Affected by the refinement of the epistemological attitude, the astonishment attribution to the language of the Qur'an is doubted, and the underlying epistemic and perceptive foundations of the Qur'an are strengthened in order to understand and make decisions about the language of the Qur'an. This article tries to critically analyze the above-mentioned basis by applying precise intellectual considerations and in this way highlight the weakness of the astonishing view towards the language of the Quran.The research method is a documentary and analytical article, and the findings of the research indicate that the epistemological basis of the astonishing view of the language of the Qur'an has serious challenges. First, in terms of typology, it is called complex skepticism. The second is a neo-Kantian attitude in terms of genealogy. Third, in terms of methodology, non-standard approach is mentioned. Fourth, self-denial is its inherent characteristic. Fifth, the existing defenses are defective. Therefore, the surprising view of the language of the Quran is based on a distorted and rejected basis.

Keywords

• cognitive agent, relativity, astonishing, the language of the Qur'
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Main Subjects

• Quran and Hadith Studies

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