The Methodical Criticism of Quranic History Studies with Emphasis on Structuralism Approach

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

1 PhD student of Quran and Hadith Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

2 Professor, Department of Quranic and Hadith Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

3 Associate Professor of Theology Department, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran.

4 Assistant Professor in Department of Islamic Studies, Farhangian University,Tehran, Iran.

10.30497/qhs.2023.244658.3784

Abstract

authority of the Holy Quran, as the most important source of the Islamic religion, is to some extent related to the knowledge of the history of the Holy Quran.Since Various subjects have influenced on the intention of historians on the Selection for method of historical study. It have important damages in the realism of the propositions of the history of the Holy Qur'an, which needs to construction. Therefore, scientific criticism and methodical Criticism of these texts, considering its different types, has the necessity of research to determine the authority of the information.This research tries to identify the historian's historical, political, belief, motivation and presuppositions by using the structuralism approach and identifying the personal characteristics of the historian. The research results show that narrators such as; Zayd ibn Thabit , Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri , Sha'ba, Ibn Abī Dāwūd al-Sijistānī Dawud and Abu Ubaid al-Qasim bin Salam, have recorded the history of the Qur'an under the influence of political and religious motivations. Also, Sunni, Shia and Orientalist Quran scholars under the influence of various theological presuppositions such as: the justice of the Companions, the non-revelation of the Quran, proof of the frequency of the Quran, have attempted to write the history of the Quran.

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