Categories of beauty in Quranic Semantic and a Possibility for Contemporary Philosophy of Art

This study examines the conceptual network (Husn, Jamal, Tazyin, Bahjah, Taswiyah, Taswir, Tartil, Badi’, Zukhruf) that constitutes the aesthetic universe of the Holy Quran using philological and hermeneutic methods. Contrary to the "ethical-aesthetic dissociation" advocated by modern Western aesthetics—particularly the Kantian school—the research argues that the Quran presents the concepts of the "Beautiful" (Jamil), the "Good" (Khayr), and the "True" (Haqq) within an ontological unity (Tawhid). The study subjects the aesthetic data in the Quran to a comparative analysis with Theodor Adorno’s "culture industry," Jean-François Lyotard’s "sublime," and Arthur Danto’s "end of art" theories. In light of the findings obtained, the concepts of "Transcendental Realism" and "Responsible Aesthetics" are proposed as a theoretical ground against the crisis of meaninglessness and nihilism that contemporary art faces.