Departing from Interpretation to Expression; Permissibility or Impermissibility

Following the two articles entitled "Muhammad, Narrator of Prophetical Dream", Abdolkarim Soroush considers that the holy Quran is the manifest of the dreams of the holy prophet of Islam; in this way, he has raised the principle of transition from interpretation to expression by denying the rhetorical and inspirational aspects of revelation and the emphasis on dream assuming principle. Analyzing this theory, this study studies and criticizes the evidences and arguments related to the sacred realm of the holy prophet. Accordingly, his claim on identifying the sameness of the process of revelation and dream would not be truthful; because considering the sameness cannot confirm the exactness of the two processes. In addition, particular moods of the holy prophet in revelation, is dedicated to the direct revelation and does not related to indirect revelation. Regarding the possibility of existential intensity of prophet and his impact of the historical conditions, we must say that adherence to this basis is against the phenomenological approach that claimed by author. Acceptance of this basis does not negate the rhetorical aspect of revelation for the distinction between the Prophet's creational and divine aspects. the Claim of illusion of duality of Prophet and his neglecting of the unity of the listener and the speaker not only does not remove the clear incompatibility of the rhetorical aspect of Quranic verses with the theory of dreams, but also it puts very severe consequences for the writer.