An examination of Goldziher's viewpoints toward the Quranic sciences

Authors

1 استاد دانشگاه الزهرا

2 کارشناسی ارشد علوم قرآن و حدیث

Abstract

Ignaz Goldziher is an Orientalist who has challenged the Muslim, and especially the Shi'a, beliefs in his studies and has tried to accuse Shi'a of believing in the corruption of the present-day manuscript of the Quran. In his discussion of some issues in the Quranic sciences domain, such as collection and compilation of the Quran, occasions of Revelation, etc. he has had a prejudiced stance toward the Shi'a. The reason is that in most of his studies, Goldziher has extracted what he presented as Shi'a viewpoints from the books considered invalid by the Shi'a, or even from the resources that are against Shi'a. In the present study, we have tried to present the viewpoints of Goldziher in the Quranic sciences domain, criticize them based on traditions and other evidences, and prove the groundlessness of his viewpoints

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Volume 10, Issue 18
Volume 18, Spring - Summer 2015
April 2015
Pages 89-106
  • Receive Date: 27 March 2015
  • Revise Date: 16 June 2015
  • Accept Date: 16 July 2015