Communication models in the Holy Qurʾān : God-human interaction

• Main Author: Ibrahim, Mohammed Zakyi.
• Other Authors: Boullata, Issa J. (advisor)
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: McGill University 1997
• Subjects: Communication > Religious aspects > Islam.
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=26690

This thesis presents an indepth examination of the exegetical treatment of Qur'anic themes and concepts. It explains the process of communication between God and human beings by using communication models. The invisibility of God to human beings, coupled with His difference in nature, make their interaction difficult to conceive but not impossible. This thesis will thus seek to show how that interaction is feasible, making it as comprehensible as possible. === Muslim theologians studied exhaustively the subject of God's speech and its nature without actually revealing its process in any detail or in systematic fashion. This thesis concludes that the theological differences have little bearing on God as a communicator. Finally, it demonstrates that the process of God-human interaction is entirely different from that of ordinary interpersonal communication.