Research Article

Arguments of the Council (the Leaders of Mecca) and Answers of Māturīdī

Number: 2 June 30, 2020
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Arguments of the Council (the Leaders of Mecca) and Answers of Māturīdī

Abstract

The Prophet was exposed to various accusations from the time he started preaching Islam. These objections came especially from the elite of his community. The Quran describes their cases in fragments and gave an answer to them. Abū Manṣūr al-Māturīdī (333/944) had examined who the Quran had refuted the elite's accusations. This paper seeks to answer the two following questions: Why did Māturīdī concentrate to answer the objections of the elite? And second what method did he follow when generating answers to them? The conclusions reached after the examination of the entire Taʾwīlāt al-Qur’ān can be summarized as follows: The elite of Quraysh are identical to the elites of the previous community. Their objections to Islam are almost the same that had been seen before. Therefore, answering them will be a ready-made answer to possible objections to be raised from the ongoing process. Māturīdī courageously conveyed these objections without covering them and then gave persuasive answers based on mental data. While answering the also gave Meccans, he answers to those who attacked Islam with logical propositions.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Religious Studies

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 30, 2020

Submission Date

April 30, 2020

Acceptance Date

June 13, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Number: 2

ISNAD
Gengil, Veysel. “Arguments of the Council (the Leaders of Mecca) and Answers of Māturīdī”. Akademik Siyer Dergisi. 2 (June 1, 2020): 54-68. https://izlik.org/JA63EW42NG.