Analysis and Critique of Orientalists' Approach to the Structure of Qur’anic Stories

Document Type : The scientific research paper

Authors

1 Associate Professor, Department of Quran and Hadith, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran, Tehran.

2 PhD of Qur’an and Hadith, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

One of the most important documents of orientalists to prove the non-revelatory origin of the Qur'an is the misconception of the difference between the structure of the Qur'anic stories and the Testaments’; the view of these researchers have been analyzed on three axes of "different narrative expression in Makkī and Madanī surahs", "repetition of stories", "ambiguity and incoherence of stories". Important factors such as the dominance of historical and literary approach to the content of Qur'anic stories, neglect of the single divine origin of monotheistic religions, and the perception of revelation as the personal experience of the Prophet (PBUH) have led to mention doubts about the structure of Qur'anic stories. This article criticizes and analyzes the doubts of orientalists in this field with intra-religious citations (Qur’an, commentary, dictionaries, etc.) and extra-religious citations (Testaments, opinions of Orientalists and historical evidence).

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Article Title [Persian]

تحلیل و نقد رویکرد خاورشناسان به ساختار قصه‌های قرآن

Authors [Persian]

  • نصرت نیل ساز 1
  • صدیقه ملک لو 2
1 دانشیار گروه علوم قرآن و حدیث، دانشگاه تربیت مدرس، ایران، تهران.
2 دانش آموخته دکترای علوم قرآن و حدیث دانشگاه تربیت مدرس، تهران، ایران
Abstract [Persian]

یکی از مهم­ترین مستندات خاورشناسان برای اثبات غیروحیانی و بشری بودن قرآن، شبهه تفاوت ساختار قصه­های قرآن با عهدین است؛ دیدگاه این محققان پیرامون سه محور «بیان روایی متفاوت در سور مکی و مدنی»، «تکرار داستان­ها»، «ابهام و عدم انسجام داستان‌ها» تحلیل شده است. عوامل مهمی چون، غلبه رویکرد تاریخی و ادبی نسبت به محتوای داستان­های قرآن، غفلت از منشأ واحد الهی ادیان توحیدی، تلقی وحی به­مثابه تجربه شخصی پیامبر(ص) منجر به طرح شبهاتی در حوزه ساختار داستان­های قرآن شده است. در این مقاله با استنادات درون دینی (اعم از قرآن، تفسیر، کتب لغت و...) و برون دینی (عهدین، آراء خاورشناسان و داده­های تاریخی) به نقد و تحلیل شبهات خاورشناسان در این حوزه پرداخته شده است.

Keywords [Persian]

  • قصص
  • قرآن
  • ساختار
  • خاورشناسان
  • تحلیل

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  • Receive Date: 14 February 2019
  • Revise Date: 13 June 2020
  • Accept Date: 15 July 2020

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