The semantic employment of the sense and mind in the Holy Qur’an

Abstract

One cannot deny that Quranic faith is something more than just rational conviction and acceptance of the truths revealed to the Prophet of Mercy, since this conviction entails a position to which the whole being is committed. Faith grants salvation to the soul, keeps fear away from it, and grants patience, steadfastness, and the ability to endure humiliation and hardship in life. The path of God, humility, and the will to risk everything for the sake of God and to do good deeds, but this does not necessarily assume the presence of an irrational element in the process of acquiring that faith, and you will not find in the entire Qur’an any talk about faith that comes spontaneously, with an intuitive radiance that has no reason ,therefore, from the moment of birth, God equipped man with abilities so that he can achieve perfection worthy of his dignity by means of these abilities. As a perfect being, man tries to reach higher understanding by using his perceptive powers And it is due to the fact that the Holy Qur'an invites man to the direction of their creator through thinking in the cosmic verses and material nature. If man can use these powers and tools of knowledge that God has given him, he will reach true perfection and happiness. Man's humanity depends on his intellect, and if he uses his intellect correctly, his position will be higher than the angels and lower than the animals. Sense is also one of the important tools of knowledge by means of which man can distinguish the right from the wrong and bring himself to the reality and by means of that he can do the right action.

This report has been done by examining the verses of the Qur'an in order to discover the perspective of this heavenly book regarding the senses and intellect, the scope and territory of each one. The verses of the Qur'an introduce the external senses and the intellect as the means of acquiring knowledge in humans. Each tool provides a wide range of sensory and intellectual knowledge to humans and by having unique characteristics, it defines the scope of the knowledge obtained by itself.