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Comparative Nature of Revelation … M.A Shafizadeh and S. As'ad / 35

                      world  of  science  and               a  word  and  the  other
                      may  have  originated  in             understands it, and does
                      the  living  or  the  dead.           amazing  things  without
                      (Iskandarloo, 2000: 20)               any     training.    This
                   -  Another  key  word  is                instinctive inspiration is
                      “indication”  which  in               a kind of message from
                      Verse    10    of    Surah            God,  which  is  called
                      Maryam, reminds the flow              revelation.    (Parcham,
                      of  the  proclamation  of             2004: 154)
                      Zakaria  to  have  a  child        -  Creational     revelation;
                      and  the  fasting  of  his            That is, the traditions and
                      silence.  According  to  the          laws  that  govern  the
                      Holy       Quran,       he            planets, the sky, the earth,
                      understands  his  purpose             the mountains, the plants,
                      by  referring  to  it  as             the inanimate objects, and
                      revealed  in  revelation.             the  structure  of  human
                      (Saeedi Roshan, 2009: 16)             beings,  in  other  words,
                   -  Instinctive    inspiration            their inherent structure is
                                                                                     :
                      to  animals;  The  Holy               governed  by  revelation
                      Quran  interprets  the                “So  He  completed  them
                      action  of  the  bee  as              as  seven  firmaments  in
                      revelation :   “And  thy              two    Days,    and    He
                      Lord  taught  the  Bee  to            assigned  to  each  heaven
                      build  its  cells  in  hills,         its  duty  and  command;
                      on trees, and in (men's)              And  We  adorned  the
                      habitations”.     (Quran,             lower heaven with lights,
                      16: 68)                               and  (provided  it)  with
                      The       meaning       of            guard. Such is the Decree
                      revelation      here     is           of  (Him)  the  Exalted  in
                      hidden  inspiration,  that            Might, Full of Knowledge”.
                      is,  the  bee  understands            (Quran, 41: 12)
                      its  duty  without  having
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