University of Tehran Press Classical and Contemporary Islamic Studies 3060-7337 3 1 2021 01 01 An Examination of the Reminding Function of Divine Revelation بررسی کارکرد تذکری وحی 145 155 79381 EN Rezā Berenjkār Full Professor, Department of Philosophy and Theology, Faculty of Theology, College of Farabi, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran Mahdī Nuṣratiyān Ahūr Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Jurisprudence and Principles of Islamic Law, the University of Quran and Hadith, Qom, Iran Journal Article 2020 05 10 The reminding function (reminding the innate knowledge) is one of the main functions of revelation. In order to put this function into practice, the divine prophets and God’s saints used various ways, including explication (explaining the innate covenant, is content, and its qualities), education (teaching religion, worshipping, and prayer), motivation (creating existential moods that cause solicitation and compulsion), and prevention (removing the obstacles against innate disposition). https://jcis.ut.ac.ir/article_79381_a574a2028333ded197718edb8e7ac742.pdf