The Qurʾān and the Bible

Abrogation (naskh) or Confirmation (taṣdīq)

Bibliographic Data

ID3331982
AuthorsMohammed Gamal Abdelnour (0000-0001-6716-2328, Al-Azhar University, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume14
Issue7
Pages856
Publication date2023-06-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel14070856
OpenAlexW4382862271
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited9

Two Qurʾānic concepts have largely defined how the Qurʾān related to previous revelations. Those two concepts are taḥrīf (alteration) and naskh (abrogation). Appealing to those two concepts, the mainstream understating of the Qurʾān was that it superseded pre-Islamic scriptures and that, after its revelation, such scriptures had limited epistemic value. With this in mind, this article aims to achieve descriptive and prescriptive goals. With the descriptive goal, it problematizes the theories of taḥrīf and naskh, with a view to showing how such concepts influenced Muslim understanding of the Straight Path (al-Ṣirāṭ al-mustaqīm). With the prescriptive goal, it proposes the concept of taṣdīq (confirmation) as an alternative. In doing so, this article demonstrates how, despite the fact that the Qurʾān never shied away from critiquing what it believes to be forms of deviation in the Bible, it never introduced itself as an "abrogator" (nāsikh) to it but rather as a "confirmer" (muṣaddiq) in no less than 12 occurrences in the Qurʾān, but the concept of taṣdīq was largely overshadowed by the overemphasis on taḥrīf and naskh

Epistemology · Exegesis · Islam · Mainstream · Revelation · Sociology · Statistics · Theology · Families in Therapy and Culture · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Mathematics · Philosophy

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