The history of folk beliefs is as old as the history of humanity. It has been seen that these beliefs emerged, developed and influenced a large part of the people in every place and time that people existed. These beliefs have been one of the important issues that the prophets struggled with, since most of them have no relation to reality in terms of their sources and they turn people away from Allah's way. In the Quran, the reasons for these beliefs, their emergence, how they misled the people are explained, the struggles of the prophet and the evidences they presented for their elimination are explained. In the Quran, especially superstitious folk beliefs about idols, fortune-telling, auspiciousness and animals are discussed and the evidence on which they are based is questioned. The basic criterion of the Quran about folk beliefs is whether the source of these beliefs is based on sound knowledge. If beliefs take their source from the culture of revelation, there is no problem. However, the representation of a superstitious belief in social relations with a pragmatic and ideological language is a phenomenon criticized in the Quran. Therefore, the Quran criticizes and rejects not all popular beliefs, but the inauthentic beliefs of the traditional mindset that unconsciously imitates the past. In this study, the superstitious folk beliefs mentioned in the Quran are discussed. It has been tried to determine that these beliefs lead people to deviate from the true belief of oneness and the criticisms of the Quran to this situation. Literature review method was used in the research.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Religious Studies |
Journal Section | Peer-reviewed Research Articles |
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Early Pub Date | June 13, 2022 |
Publication Date | June 15, 2022 |
Published in Issue | Year 2022 Volume: 6 Issue: 1 |
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