گستره معنايي آيه لايمسه الا المطهرون و تحريم تماس بدون طهارت شرعي با نوشتار قرآن

The Quranic Verse "No One Touches It but the Pure" and Prohibition of Touching Quranic Words without Ritual Purification

An initial glance at the Quranic verse "No one touches it but the pure (56:79)" shows that the verse is to declare prohibition of touching Quranic words without ritual purification. Contemplation upon thought and words of those who believe in such a prohibition indicates that they have dealt with this subject in encountering the appearance of the said verse, while investigation of concept and content of that verse with a consideration of preceding and following verses as well as a deliberation upon those words presents a notion beyond what jurists have said. Our attempt in this essay is to expound the term "Quran" and its real meaning in the age of revelation first of all and, then, to refer to some points concerning what the pronoun "it" refers to, concept ofʹ the term "the pure", and what is meant by negative declaration in "does not touch".