| dc.description.abstract | As a system of symbol, the language of Holy Quran has interesting phenomena
because there are many concrete illustrations of Heaven and its delicacies explained
inside, for example, Heaven symbolized as garden containing fruits (kurma and
grape), drinks (beer, milk, honey), accessories (gold bracelet, pearl), and (silk) cloths;
and beautiful wives like angels. Such an illustration is contradictory to the most
Moslems’ belief for they assume that based on the Quran and Hadith, Heaven is
abstract. This article is aimed to reveal “the ideology” beyond the Heaven and its
delicacies viewed from semiotics. The study shows that behind the symbols of Heaven
and its delicacies, there is a spiritualistic-materialism ideology. The Quran includes
such symbols because the Arabian community thinks that Heaven (as garden) represents
symbol of particular material properties which can be gained by anyways
to fulfil the material needs. In this case, the Quran is to motivate the Moslems have
the spiritual belief and perform good deed that this represents a symbol of revenge
for them. | en_US |
