Analysis of the Orientalists' claim of contradiction in the Qur'an, a case study of the verses of algebra and authority

Akhavan Moqadam, Zohreh; Pashazadeh, Farzaneh; Naseri Ilami, Sayed Edris

doi:10.22034/sdqr.2025.169235

Analysis of the Orientalists' claim of contradiction in the Qur'an, a case study of the verses of algebra and authority

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

zohreh akhavan moqadam ¹

farzaneh pashazadeh ²

sayed edris naseri ilami ³

¹ Associate Professor, Holy Quran University of Sciences and Education

² Master's degree in Quranic Sciences

³ PhD in Quran and Hadith Sciences

10.22034/sdqr.2025.169235

Abstract

The verses that are stated in the Qur'an in the field of predestination and authority are far from any contradiction, and these verses indicate that there is no compulsion in human actions and deeds that is obligatory and without interference, and no delegation that performs It is completely independent and God is ineffective and uninvolved in it. Rather, there is a third way in this case, and that is: in the actions and deeds of human beings, both God is involved, who provides mankind with power, will, authority, success of action and other necessary preconditions and means, and also in human beings themselves. He is involved in his actions, which he does all of them with his own will and authority, and he is the one who does the work. Some Orientalists, with their low level of knowledge and comparison of these verses and their incorrect interpretation, have tried to show that there is a contradiction between the verses of the Qur'an, and with the aim of shaking the position of the Qur'an and proving its non-revelation, the Qur'an Accused of paradoxicality, the investigation is intended to scrutinize the allegations. The present study is a descriptive-analytical method with a critical orientation and is based on library sources.

Keywords

contradiction

Orientalists

Quran

faiths

determinism and Free will

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