John of Damascus

Abstract

John of Damascus, also known as Saint John of Damascenes, was born in the second half of the seventh century,between 674 and 675 in Damascus (Sahas, 1984). He was a monk, apriest, a hymnographer, and a scholar. He was born in an Arab -Christian family. His grandfather “Mansur ibn-e-Sarjun was the financial governor of Damascus” until it was conquered by Muslim general Khalid bin Waleed. This Research paper is a qualitative content analysis that employs analytical and interpretative tools to examine John of Damascus's most referenced and notable polemics against Islam, the Quran, and the Prophet.