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The Nature of Religious Language… M. Mousavi Karimi and H. Tehrani Haeri / (83
about such transcendental In other words, symbolic
realities that cannot be language does not explicitly
described cognitively by means describe the events of the
of ordinary language. In other world as they happen.
words, we use common According to the followers
expressions symbolically to of Abrahamic religions, the
refer to realities that are use of symbolic language is
unlimitedly beyond human’s based on the fact that
understanding. human’s usual language is
Hence, it seems that the not able to describe truly and
symbolic language deals mainly strictly Divine matters, acts
with the power of human’s and manifestations. From this
imagination. Poetry also possesses point of view, symbolic language
this property. That is, poets is very close to the language
mainly use their power of of poetry. For, the aim of
imagination when composing poetic language is not to
poems; though the imaginary describe reality truly as it is.
world is not the same as the So, no poet is ostracized or
transcendental world of religions. encouraged because of what
At any rate, the arationality he/she has claimed to have
of both worlds explains the commited in his/her poems.
similarity that exists between In the Holy Quran, this
religious and poetry languages. characteristic of the language
Another characteristic of of poetry has been described:
symbolic language, which was “And the poets [only]
explained previously, is that the deviators follow them*
it is not cognitively meaningful. Do you not see that in
