Suspicions of Orientalism about the Holy Quran

Abstract

Praise be to God alone, and prayers and peace be upon the one after whom there is no prophet, and after. This is a summary of the topic: (suspicions of Orientalism about the Holy Qur'an), where the research consists of an introduction, a preface, four chapters, a conclusion, and then a list of sources and references. As for the introduction: it was titled: Some Orientalists' suspicions about the Holy Qur'an and their tireless efforts to deny the Qur'an and the Islamic religion and cast doubt on the revelation of the Qur'an from God to His Messenger Muhammad, may God's prayers and peace be upon him. In the introduction, I explained the importance of the topic and the reasons for choosing it, and the most important previous studies and the sources and references that I benefited from in this research. I touched on Orientalism and the most important suspicions of the Orientalists, which will be answered in this research, and are represented in the following points: The Qur'an was taken from Judaism, Christianity and Zoroastrianism. The acts of worship that are mentioned in the Qur'an are imitations from the pre-Islamic period and from the Hanafis before the mission. The Quran is dictated by the imagination of Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, as a result of epileptic seizures or deep imagination. The customs that Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, brought are in keeping with the rituals of the Magi and the Persians. This research contains four chapters: Chapter One: In it, I dealt with the response to suspicions about the sources about the Holy Qur'an: I talked about and mentioned their claims and suspicions, studied and discussed what they mentioned, then clarified and responded to them from three aspects: First: the response from the Holy Quran.. Second: The response from the Sunnah. Third: Responding to them through the Orientalists themselves. In the second chapter: I dealt with suspicions about the text of the Holy Qur'an and its compilation, and explained the agreement of the Companions on the necessity of unifying the Qur'an with the agreement of the Companions, may God be pleased with them. It is also divided into three aspects: First: the response from the Holy Quran. Second: The response from the Sunnah. Third: Responding to them through the Orientalists themselves. The third chapter deals with suspicions about the meanings of the Holy Quran: First: the response from the Holy Quran. Second: The response from the Sunnah of the Prophet. Third: Responding to them through the Orientalists themselves. Chapter Four: Conclusion and results. After completing the study, I came out with the following results: The results of the study showed that the orientalists differed in their studies of the Qur'an. Some of them were those whose studies and criticisms were with intent, bad intentions, and fanaticism towards their religion, and for the purpose of questioning the Holy Qur'an. Others made mistakes as a result of lack of understanding of the Arabic language and mistranslation of the meanings of the Holy Qur'an through the literal translation of the words and verses of the Qur'an, which led to the wrong interpretation of the meanings of the Holy Qur'an and misunderstanding of the Qur'anic verses. There are also orientalists who tried to understand the Islamic religion and praised the Holy Quran and responded to other orientalists. Western universities were interested in studying the Holy Qur'an and the Islamic religion and establishing special departments for Islamic studies in their universities.