Semantic Analysis of the Connotative Field of Education in the Holy Qur’an; God’s Agency in the Process of Education

The present writing develops the foundations of knowledge from three categories (knowledge (mental form), knower, and the known (object of knowledge)) to four and introduces educator (as the fourth one). By “educator”, the external agent is meant which plays the main role in communicating knowledge. This writing proceeds in four lines: educator, one who is being educated, objects of education, and methods of education. And it employs the semantic methodology in the connotative fields; and, finally, comes to the conclusion that from among educators, the Holy Qur’an puts emphasis on “God”; and, from those who are being educated, it emphasizes “man”; and, though it mentions some other instances for both of them, the overview presented by the Holy Qur’an is based on God’s being an educator and man’s being one who is being educated.