سرشت وحي از ديدگاه استااد مطهري

Revelation from the perspective of Professor Motahari

There are two different perspectives about the nature of revelation: 1) predicate view of revelation based on which revelation is a set of facts expressed in decrees or propositions. These facts are of predicate type, i.e. a set of teachings that are expressed as predicates. Motahari, who has accepted this view, enumerates four features of prophetsʹ revelation as follows: internality of revelation, the presence of a teacher for prophets (i.e. God), knowledge of prophets about themselves, and the perception mediating revelation. The second view is that of religious experience based on which, revelation is not a collection of facts about God, but God enters the realm of human experience by influencing the history. From Motahariʹs view there are many differences between revelation and religious experience as follows: 1) revelation has an extraordinary power which shows that prophetʹs invitation is true and the revelation is divine (miracle); 2) revelation is not influenced by the former cultures and beliefs, but changes the ideas and cultures of its time. But, the religious experience is influenced by culture of its time; 3) leadership is among the requirements of being a prophet, while in a religious experience it is not so for the mystic. Among the consequences of the belief that revelation is a religious experience and that the structure of Quran is non-revelatory, are denying the Prophetʹs Immaculacy and his being the last prophet, as well as denial of jurisprudence perfection and rejecting Sharia.