The religious experience in the Koran as an issue of philosophy of religion

This dissertation titled ?The Religious Experience in the Koran as an Issue ofPhilosophy of Religion? explores and explains the notion of religious experience in the Koranwith its true nature, its varieties and religious experience as a testament to the faith.The dissertation consists of four chapters. The first chapter attempts at building aconceptual foundation in order to understand the issue. Therefore, the concept of experience,philosophical conviction of empiricism and the notion of religious experience are explored inthis chapter.In the second chapter, religious experiences as experienced phenomena have beenbriefly examined in different religions and cultures. Among these are the Jewish, Christian,Hindu, Buddhist and Islamic thought.The third and fourth chapters, which constitute the main parts of the dissertation, areallocated especially for religious experience in the Koran. In the third chapter, the instances ofreligious experience in the Koran have been explored, classified and examined with referenceto the relevant passages from the Koran. In the last chapter, having established that the Korangives consent to religious experience as evidence, two issues, namely, the effect of religiousexperience on the belief of the experiencer and religious experience as a means of buildingreligious consciousness have been explored in a certain extent.Consequently, this dissertation contributes to the studies of religious experiencedrawing attention to the Koran and analyzing its passages.Key words: Experience, Empiricism, Religious Experience, Koran, ReligiousExperience in the Koran, Mysticism.