Geographic Scope of Prophecy in the Quran

Document Type : pajoohesh

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The exoteric meaning of some verses in the Quran shows that the
revelation and prophecy include all the regions in the world; but this is
incompatible to historical facts, because the history is silent about revelation
and prophecy in all regions in the world. This incompatibility can be studied in
the Quran in two aspects: historical aspect and interpretative aspect.
In this paper, we follow the second approach. We assume validity of historical
facts that there are not valid historical reports about the existence of revelation and
prophecy, having in mind their common meaning in Abrahamic religions, in all
regions of the world other than Middle East. But the exoteric meaning of some
verses in the Quran says that revelation and prophecy encompass all of regions in
the world. These verses include three words: Nadir, Ummah and Rasool. Studying
these words, this paper shows that there is no incompatibility between Quran and
the assumed historical facts.

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