꾸란 112장에 나타난 반기독교적 변증요소 연구

Abstract

This paper takes an interpretive investigation of Q 112 (sūrah al-ikhlaṣ) with a particular reference to the widespread anti-Christian sentiment among Muslims. More specifically, this paper attempts to answer the question of how the sūrah incorporates the idea of the anti-Christian polemic in regards to“altawhīd (Islamic monotheism) versus Trinitarian monotheism”. By examining both the modern revisionist approach and the Muslim traditional approach to the Qur’an, the author provides readers with a clear-cut comparison between the various interpretations of the holy text. This excerpt further asserts that sūrah al-ikhlaṣ itself may not contain substantial textual evidence to explicitly prove the soundness of the doctrine of al-tawhīd. This was an outcome of the insertion of the deep-rooted anti-Christian sentiment into the traditional interpretations of sūrah al-ikhlaṣ which ultimately produced weak arguments to confirm the sanctity of the al-tawhīd.