Abstract

The word revelation has a particular place in Islam. In fact, the basis and main center of all religious lessons and the origin of all teachings is revelation.The Holy Qur'an is the manifestation of revelation, and its words, sounds, letters, and language represent the divine language in the view of Muslims. No issue in Islam holds a place as high and glorious as that of revelation, and it is the foundation of everything else in Islam. It is wroth mentioning that, from among Abrahamic religions, only Islam, and from among all holy texts, only the Qur'an have spoken of revelation and its different types in detail. Thus revelation is a fundamental concept in Islamic culture.A careful study of the history of Islamic philosophies reveals to what extent the nature of revelation has affected theological, philosophical, and other religious thoughts. The presence of revelation is evident in all branches of religious sciences. One of the purposes of this paper is to provide some answers to the following questions: what are the different views of revelation? What is the theological view of revelations? What is the reality of revelation? Is revelation the same religious experience? Is prophetic experience the same as revelation? Can the Islamic concept of revelation be reduced to prophetic experience? Is revelation a kind of religious experience?Moreover, the writer has tried to explain the principles of Islamic and Qur'anic revelation using a clear but demonstrative language and sought to reject the opposing views.Presently, there are three different views concerning the nature of revelation: 1. propositional approach; 2. religious experience approach; and 3. speech acts approach. apparently, the closest approach to the reality of Islamic revelation is that of speech acts approach; however, the propositional approach is also compatible with it to some extent. In these two approaches, the linguistic nature of revelation is the focus of attention. The farthest approach in this regard is that of religious experience