Criticism of Mujtahid Shabistri's View on the Claim of the Prophet and the Natural Cause of the Holy Qur'an

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1 Ph.D. Student of Qur'an and Hadith Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Fasa Branch, Fasa, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Qur'an and Hadith Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Fasa Branch, Fasa, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Studies, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz Branch, Shiraz, Iran

10.22081/jqr.2023.66999.3807

Abstract

One of the contemporary neo-thinkers named Muhammad Mujtahid Shabastri considered the wording and meaning of the Qur'an as by the Prophet himself and stated that, "The Prophet who was the bringer of the Qur'an has introduced it as his own word and by referring to the collection of verses and historical evidence, we realize that the Qur'an introduces itself as the word of the Prophet." Shabestri justifies the verses that attribute the Qur'an to God as saying that God and the Prophet are along the same line; the Prophet is the natural cause of the Qur'an and God is the main cause of all phenomena. Therefore, if we consider the wording and meaning of the Qur'an as being from the Prophet, it does not contradict these verses. He has proved this theory by proposing some verses. The result of this view is the negation of the inimitability of the Qur'an and its lack of authenticity. The purpose of this article is to explain Shabestri's point of view and express its problems in relation to the Prophet's claim about the creator and the natural cause of the creation of the Qur'an. The result achieved in this article is that Shabastri's evidence is not capable of proving his claims and not only the Prophet is not introduced in the Qur'an as the natural cause of the Qur'an, but there are many verses, narrations and historical evidence contrary to Shabastri's claim, some of which are mentioned in this research.

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Qru’anic Reserches

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