Quranic inerrancy

Quranic inerrancy is a doctrine central to the Muslim faith that the Quran is the infallible and inerrant word of God as revealed to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel in the 7th century CE.^[1][2]

Modernist approach

Main article: Islamic modernism

Influenced by Jamal al-Din al-Afghani's modernist interpretations, Muhammad Abduh, Grand Mufti of Egypt, revisited then contemporary Islamic thought with his ijtihad after 1899. According to Rashid Rida's book Tafsir al-Manar the Quran is like a picture of the world that was written by Arabs in the seventh century. He clarified that certain passages concerning witchcraft and the evil eye are merely metaphors for their beliefs. Other verses pertaining to miracles and events mentioned in the Quran are also merely metaphors.^[3]

See also

• Apostasy in Islam
• Bibliolatry
• Biblical inerrancy
• Cultural Muslim
• Criticism of Islam
• Criticism of Islamism
• Early Quranic manuscripts
• Islamic Modernism
• Qur'anic literalism

References

1. Braswell, George W. (2000). What You Need to Know about Islam & Muslims. B&H Publishing Group. ISBN 9780805418293.
2. Anwar, Syed Shakeel Ahmed (2007). The Holy Quran is Infallible: A Critique of the Book "Is the Qur'an Infallible?” by 'Abdullah 'Abdal-Fadi, a Minister of Christ. Telugu Islamic Publications Trust. ISBN 9788188241736.
3. Zayd, Naṣr Ḥāmid Abū (2006). Reformation of Islamic Thought: A Critical Historical Analysis. Amsterdam University Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-90-5356-828-6.