نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسنده
عضو هیأت علمی پژوهشگاه علوم و فرهنگ اسلامی، پژوهشکده فرهنگ و معارف قرآن.
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نویسنده [English]
This article offers a critical Quranic examination of Orientalist claims concerning the Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUHH) prior knowledge of Jewish and Christian traditions. The central question addressed is the widespread assumption in modern academic Qurʾanic studies that the Prophet (PBUHH) and his Meccan audiences were already well acquainted with Biblical narratives before the Qurʾan’s revelation. Employing a descriptive-analytical method and treating the Qurʾan as the most reliable historical source for the period of revelation, the study systematically analyzes Qurʾanic passages relevant to this issue. The findings demonstrate that at least seven categories of Qurʾanic verses explicitly or implicitly negate the Prophet’s prior familiarity with Judeo-Christian narratives. These include verses denying earlier knowledge of prophetic stories, affirming the Prophet’s lack of engagement with written scriptures before his mission, emphasizing his absence from earlier historical events, referring audiences to the People of the Book, and describing the specific nature of the disbelievers’ accusations regarding the Qurʾan’s origin. The study concludes that similarities between the Qurʾan and earlier Biblical traditions should not be interpreted as evidence of human borrowing or literary dependence. Rather, according to the Qurʾan’s own claim, such knowledge was conveyed exclusively through divine revelation. Consequently, the article challenges a key presupposition in Orientalist scholarship concerning the Prophet’s alleged prior exposure to Judeo-Christian traditions.
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