Abstract:
This article seeks to explore and criticize the exegetes’ stances in the infallibility domain stemming from the verses 3-4 of the Star chapter (Qur’ān 53:3-4). The exegetes’ consensus is that the referent of these verses is the Prophet of Islam (s). However, some of them take the verse as indicating the partial infallibility, but others consider it as expressing the universal verbal infallibility of the Prophet (s). The partial infallibility entails two directions, namely the Qur’ān and divine revelation, and the adaptation of the verse content to the words of the Prophet of Allāh (s) about his vicegerency and Imāmat. Still other exegetes present the reasons for the partial and complete infallibility but do not provide a clear opinion about the theme of the verse. Considering the internal and external indications, the article at hand makes it clear that the implication of these two verses for the universal infallibility is verifiable, and it is in agreement with the principles.
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PhD Student in Comparative Exegesis, Fāṭima al-Zahrā (s) Specialized Higher Education School, Isfahan, Iran Received: September 22, 2020; Revised: October 26, 2020; Accepted: November 30, 2020 © University of Tehran Abstract This article seeks to explore and criticize the exegetes’ stances in the infallibility domain stemming from the verses 3-4 of the Star chapter (Qur’ān 53:3-4).
Relying on reasons such as considering the Qur’ān as the referent of the pronoun in the phrase “in huwa” (it is) and taking into account the third verse (that rejects speaking based on whims of soul), some believers in the partial verbal infallibility in the qur’ānic domain – such as the author of Tafsīr Qumī (Qumī, 1989, vol.
Universality of infallibility Some exegetes have accepted that the implication of the verses for the freedom of the Prophet of Allāh (s) from mistake is in domains beyond receiving and delivering the qur’ānic revelation.
One of these exegetes is Ibn Shahr Āshūb who takes the implication of these verses to be beyond the qur’ānic revelation, and believes in the divineness of all statements of the Prophet of Allāh (s) in the religion domain, including the Qur’ān and other arenas.
This group of exegetes has illustrated different types and genres based on the verses and narrations, and has explained the verbal infallibility of the Prophet of Allāh (s) within the domain of the Qur’ān as well as his other statements based on the divine revelation types.
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