Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Mohammad Afi Khorasani ¹
• Fathollah Najjarzadegan ²

¹ Phd student of Quran and Hadith Studies, Farabi College, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran (corresponding author)

² Professor of Quran and Hadith Studies, Farabi College, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran

Abstract

Proving the truthfulness of the Holy Quran is one of the most important issues that Muslim scholars have been paying attention to for a long time. In the meantime, sometimes, other than the reason of Taḥaddī, other reasons have been mentioned for this authenticity; Among other things, some Muslim researchers, emphasizing the testimony of God Almighty and Imam Ali (a.s.) on the truthfulness of the Qurʾan in the last verse of Surah Raʿd, and arguing about the breadth of knowledge and the height of Imam Ali's (a.s.) eloquence, Their testimony that the Holy Quran cannot be except from Allah is an independent proof against the enemies of Islam. In the following article, an attempt has been made to analyze this idea and according to the intra-textual factors (analysis the context of the verse and comparing it with similar verses), it was concluded that the testimony in the verse, apparently in the context of an address and It was to psychologically influence the enemies of Islam or to consolation the Prophet (PBUH) and it was not in the context of expressing an independent proof of the truthfulness of the Prophet (PBUH) and the Holy Qur'an.

Keywords

• "man 'indahu 'ilm al-kitab"
• "Verse 43 of Surah Ra'ad"
• "Reasons that the Quran is a miracle"
• "Reasons for the authenticity of the Holy Quran"

Main Subjects

• قرآن پژوهی