The religious pluralists unsuccessful in appealing to divine names and attributes; A Quranic view
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Seeking to give recognition to religious plurality and diversity in the world, the theory of religious pluralism has turned to a special interpretation of certain religious concepts and teachings in order to present them as its confirmatory evidence. The key divine attributes such as divine mercy, guidance, and wisdom in the Quran are among the concepts playing a significant role in theological and eschatological issues. Based on this theory, denying the legitimacy and perfect happiness of followers of other religions empacing a large number of people is inconsistent with divine qualities such as His mercy, guidance, and wisdom. Investigating all the relevant verses indicates that the theory in question benefits from an incomplete and one-dimensional interpretation of these attributes. However, the correct and comprehensive interpretation of these verses would not approve this theory at all. Serious flaws in the interpretation of these attributes are as follows: confusion of divine all-empacing mercy with the special one, neglecting the gradation of divine guidance as an attribute of action, confusion of the divine genetic system with the legislative one, as well as that of the divine genetic will with the legislative one, and the influence as well as requirement of each of these concepts and systems on the interpretation of divine wisdom.
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Persian
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Qur'an Shinakht, Volume:2 Issue: 2, 2010
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213
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