The Impact of Wittgenstein's Epistemological Foundations on Izutsu in the Semantic Analysis of Ethico-Religious Concepts in the Quran

Izutsu، affected byWittgenstein''s epistemological foundations، made an effort to deal with language of the Qur''an through semantics and to dothe semantic analysis of ethico-religiousconcepts on the basis of Qur''anic weltanschauung. As regards meaning، the difference of words is due to their use variety in the semantic field. Although a word has one basic and primary meaning، once introduced into a particular system like Qur''anic weltanschauung، acquires a lot of new semantic elements. According to Izutsu''s semantical method، each word in a certain context، say، the Qur''an، acquires its meaning with presenting all features of that word and its derivatives and finally semantic model. Surely، all beliefs، presuppositions and fore-knowledge of every person effect on the semantic model that they present. Elucidating Izutsu''s semantical method in the analysis of ethico-religiousconcepts in the Qur''an، the present article emphasizes the epistemological foundations that he is affected byWittgenstein، including «seeing as»، «context principle» and «use theory of meaning».