جزیره علم

The God-Human Communication

ارتباط خدا و انسان

Mahdi Movahed-Abtahi

We can differently approach the relation between the God and human to classify it. Please read the following algorithm:

The first approach answers to these questions:

1.       How does human relate to the God?

2.       How does the God relate to human?

The second approach divides the relation to 2 categories:

A) Linguistic relation: to describe the following speeches:

1) The God`s speech (word) to mankind: it contains all divine scriptures and divine-authenticated speeches (validated traditions received from the last prophet and its Ahl al-Baith).

2) Human `s talking the God; through calling, praying, intoning, or through admission and affirmation.

B) Non-linguistic relation: to explain the following communications:

1) When the God communicates with mankind: a) Overall God`s guidance: fate, heaven and hell, liberty, b) The God`s signs in the existential world; named in the Quran as; ayat al-Allah, c) Revelation; as what happened for Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad (P.B.U.H).

2) When human communicates with the God via its behaviors which represents obedience from the God

The third approach provides 2 classifications:

A) Reasonable experiences: 1) Existentialistic: to explain human creation and resurrection. 2) Moral: to explain that human can and should represents the God`s descriptions.

B) Empirical experiences; both "a" and "b" in the second approach

The above note is applicable in different disciplines: Philosophy, Communication, Theology, Islamic theology, Islamic philosophy, Hermeneutic, Scripture Interpretation, Quran Interpretation, Semiotic, Semantic, Linguistic, Biblical Studies.