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Creation, Prostration, and Prophethood in the Qur’an:

Creation, Prostration, and Prophethood in the Qur’an: A Critical Analysis of Jinn, Angels, Humans, and Iblis 🔷 Introduction: Narrative or Reality? The Qur’an’s creation accounts are not mere reports of events; they are multi-layered examples of metaphorical language addressing humanity’s search for meaning. Concepts such as jinn, angels, humans ( bashar , insan ), and Iblis do not only represent classes of beings but also symbolize the forces, tendencies, and inner conflicts within the human psyche. In this context, the Qur’anic scenes are not simply informative but serve as moral awakenings and directional narratives. Some interpreters read these accounts as differences of physical species and genealogical lineages, proposing that bashar (man) refers to a separate species distinct from insan (human) and that prophethood is exclusive to this bashar lineage. However, the holistic reasoning of the Qur’an does not support such a division. Moreover, the dialogues in the creation an...

The Guests of Prophets Abraham and Lot

The Guests of Prophets Abraham and Lot A Conceptual and Reflective Reading from the Qur’anic Perspective The Qur’an does not present the stories of prophets merely as a chain of historical events. Rather, these narratives are multi-layered, didactic texts designed to support human intellectual and moral development, shed light on social responsibilities, and convey the workings of the divine system through symbols. In this context, the narrative of the “guests” who visited Prophets Abraham and Lot, while on the surface appearing as a simple scene of hospitality, in depth reveals: The way revelation unfolds, Levels of human consciousness, The balance between divine mercy and justice, And how natural laws are interwoven with the process of revelation. 🔹️🔸️🔹️ Why was the revelatory knowledge not given directly to Abraham and Lot without the mediation of messengers? The Forms of Revelation and the Role of Messengers: The Case of Abraham and Lot 👉 Read more on this ...