fa Between Correspondence and Utility; (Q. 8:43) and the Criteria of Prophetic Dreams’ Truthfulness in the Qur’an فلسفی Philosophy مقاله پژوهشی Original Article <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">The present paper touches on an ignored notion concerning (Q. 8:43). The point is that the truthfulness of the prophetic dream reported in it, unlike other dreams reported both in the Qur&rsquo;an and other sacred texts of Abrahamic religions, should be evaluated and justified by the pragmatic criterion, not correspondence one. Referring to the importance of prophetic dreams in the Abrahamic religions, including Qur&rsquo;an and Islamic traditions, this paper examines the criterion of their truthfulness, using the philosophical classification of truth theories presented in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The main idea of this part is that they all are evaluable just by the correspondence criterion. Then, it is pointed out that what should be applied for the number of Muhammad&rsquo;s unbeliever enemy troops mentioned in (Q. 8:43) is the pragmatic criterion.</span></span> <span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Furthermore, a major complementary part of this paper is devoted to a comparative study of the Muslim exegetes&rsquo; viewpoints about this problem and an analysis of its historical evolutionary course, in the light of the explanations provided already. It seems that, if the presented arguments are accepted, this paper can show one of the unique epistemological aspects of the Qur&rsquo;an, especially in the field of revelation and prophecy.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">The present paper touches on an ignored notion concerning (Q. 8:43). The point is that the truthfulness of the prophetic dream reported in it, unlike other dreams reported both in the Qur&rsquo;an and other sacred texts of Abrahamic religions, should be evaluated and justified by the pragmatic criterion, not correspondence one. Referring to the importance of prophetic dreams in the Abrahamic religions, including Qur&rsquo;an and Islamic traditions, this paper examines the criterion of their truthfulness, using the philosophical classification of truth theories presented in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The main idea of this part is that they all are evaluable just by the correspondence criterion. Then, it is pointed out that what should be applied for the number of Muhammad&rsquo;s unbeliever enemy troops mentioned in (Q. 8:43) is the pragmatic criterion.</span></span> <span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Furthermore, a major complementary part of this paper is devoted to a comparative study of the Muslim exegetes&rsquo; viewpoints about this problem and an analysis of its historical evolutionary course, in the light of the explanations provided already. It seems that, if the presented arguments are accepted, this paper can show one of the unique epistemological aspects of the Qur&rsquo;an, especially in the field of revelation and prophecy.</span></span></div> Truth theories, Correspondence, Prophetic Dreams, Truthfulness, Qur’an Truth theories, Correspondence, Prophetic Dreams, Truthfulness, Qur’an 0 0 http://mi.khu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-370-1&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 seyyedRuhollah Shafi'ei سید روح اله شفیعی seyyedruhollahshafii@khu.ac.ir 10031947532846002621 10031947532846002621 Yes Kharazmi University دانشگاه خوارزمی