Document Type : Research Article

Authors

• Hajar Hardan ¹
• marzieh mohases ²
• Hasan Zarnouche Farahani ³

¹ Never

² Faculty member in shahid Beheshti University

³ Member of the academic faculty of Shahid Rajaee Tarbiat University, Tehran

Abstract

The title “The Project for Critiquing Islamic Reason” was chosen by Muhammad Arkoun (1928–2010) to define his intellectual and research project. Arkoun considers the prerequisite for “Critiquing Islamic Reason” to be a historically grounded approach to the entire Islamic tradition, influenced by the principles of historicism. He asserts that understanding the Qur’an and other religious texts is only possible through recognizing their historical context. This perspective links the Qur’an to specific moments in time and place, which leads to its perceived suspension and diminished applicability in other eras. Consequently, Arkoun’s views have been subject to extensive criticism from Muslim scholars, notably by Marzouq al-Omari (b. 1968). This article examines al-Omari’s critical narrative regarding Arkoun’s viewpoint on the historicity of the Qur’an using the descriptive and analytical method.

The findings of this study reveal that Arkoun’s conclusion on the Qur’an’s historicity stems from a distinction between the oral and written Qur’an. His rejection of the Qur’an’s sanctity and adoption of a positivist approach to understanding the Qur’an are among the implications of his belief in its historicity.

Keywords

• "Muhammad Arkoun"
• " Marzouq al-Omari"
• "historicity"
• "oral Qur’an"
• "positivism"
• "Anal school"

Main Subjects

• Quranic Studies