The Semantic of the Ekhbat (Humble or Reverence) with Respect to the Verses and Traditions

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Assistant professor of University of Tehran

2 A PhD student of the Quran sciences and Hadith

Abstract

The first step to access the knowledge of the Quran is to know the exact meanings of its terms. In the recent decades with a wider currency of the semantic in the Quranic studies, a new method emerged to explore the meanings which are covered under the text layers to extract the precise and comprehensive meanings of the terms through the structure and vocabulary of the Quran and traditions. This approach is different from the antecedents’ method in the semantic manner. One of the most famous methods is Izutsu method which has been the criteria model of this research in the semantic Quranic term of Ekhbat. First, it has been studied from the view of the literal point and subsequently semantic and it has been analyzed in the several stages and through this way it has been noted the special and specific position of Mukhbetin (Humble ones) who are the real faithful and having higher position than Muh’sinīna (good doers) and Mutaghin(who are god fearing), Munibin (whom turn in repentance), Khādiīna (humility) and Khāshiīna (humble submissive).

Keywords