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A Comparative Study of the Interpretive Opinions of Allameh Tabataba’i and Fakhr Razi on the Quranic Verses Seemingly Incompatible with the Infallibility of Prophet Moses (a.s.)
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Ali Mohammadi Ashnani1   , Fatemeh Sadat Arfa |
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| According to the verses of the Quran and rational and narrative reasons, one of the characteristics of the divine prophets is their infallibility from sin. It is among the challenging issues of comparative interpretation and theology and one of the issues that has aroused a lot of debate. There are some verses in the holy Quran that appear to be inconsistent with the infallibility of Prophet Moses (a.s.). These verses speak of such sinful actions as the murder of a Coptic man, fear, confession of sin, cruelty to the soul, etc. attributed to this Arch Prophet and, on the first look, do not seem to be compatible with the infallibility of Prophet Moses (a.s.). Using the comparative-analytical method, the present article examines the views of the two famous Shiite and Sunni interpreters, theologians and Quran scholars, Allameh Tabataba’i and Fakhr Razi, on these seemingly incompatible verses with the infallibility from sin, analyzes their approaches to interpreting and explaining the afore-mentioned verses and explains why they have adopted these approaches. The findings of this study reveal that the two interpreters, despite their differences of theological views on whether the murder of the Coptic man was a sinful action, agree on explaining the meanings of ‘cruelty to the soul’ and sin. The findings further indicate that they disagree on whether the Coptic man was murdered by mistake or he deserved murder due to infidelity, as well as on explaining the attribution of the action to the devil and determining the antecedent of hadha (this) and the cause of Prophet Moses’ (a.s.) fear facing sorcerers. Evaluating the reasons and paying attention to the opinions of other interpreters, the authors have examined and analyzed the reasons and put forward the selected opinion. |
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| Keywords: infallibility of prophets, infallibility from sin, Prophet Moses (a.s), Allameh Tabataba’i, Fakhr Razi. |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2021/01/7 | Accepted: 2020/12/30 | Published: 2020/12/30
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