Salvific dimension of Theokalia in Koran and islamic iconoclasm
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islam, islamic iconoclasm, Koran, salvation, theokaliaAbstract
God as the salvific subject discloses through names in Koran. In names of God is His Beauty concretizated. The mistery of God revealed in Koran according to islamie belief can apprehend in the category of theokalia (ﺃﻷﺳْﻤَﺎﺀُ ﺍﻠﺤُﺴْﻨﻰ ʼal-ʼasmāʼu l-ḥusnà). God is ascertained and handled through man in concrete names. According to islamie teachings, the Koran was revelated to the prophet Muhammad in the Arabic language. He heard the first of these revelations in the cave of Hira with a voice commanding him: “Recite in the name of the Lord who created all things. […] Recite! For the Lord is most Beneficent” (S. XCVI, 1–5). The salvation in Koran is regarded as desire of viewing divine countenance (S. II, 272; VI, 52; XIII, 22; XVIII, 28; XXX, 38.39; XCII, 20). All salvated people will collapsed with human faces in front of God’s Majesty and dignified glory divine countenance (S. II, 255). Here on esrth islamic rosary (ﺳُﺒْﺤَﺔ subḥatun; ﻣِﺴْﺒَﺤَﺔ misbaḥatun; ﺗﺴْﺒِﻴﺢٌ tasbīḥun) is the concretisation of ontic Beauty of God. Specifing the beautiful names of God the muslim handles divine countenance (ﻭَﺟْﻪُ ﷲِ wağhu l-lāhi) – sees icon of God. Muslim rosary realizes the substitute function of icon. Islam is aniconic religion, because Koran doesn`t comprehend immediate prohibition of making the images of God and human figures. Koran prohibits to worship idols (S. XXI, 52 nn; XXXIV, 13). Creator of islam excludes the thinking about “images of God” (ﺻُﻮَﺭُ ﷲِ ṣuwaru l-lāhi), because in this mode representation of God in heaven will be created by human beings. God is totaly souvereign. The talking about God as “watching” or “watched” (ﻣَﻨْﻈﻮﺭٌ manẕūrun) will be suggested, that He is “created” (ﻣُﺼَﻮﱠﺭٌ muṣawwarun) by human imagination. It`s compatible with confession of absolute monotheism. The term aniconic of islam is nearer the truth than islamic iconoclasm.
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