@article{article_729708, title={Arguments of the Council (the Leaders of Mecca) and Answers of Māturīdī}, journal={Akademik Siyer Dergisi}, pages={54–68}, year={2020}, author={Gengil, Veysel}, keywords={Siyer, Tefsir, Matüridi, Te’vîlâtü’l-Kur’ân, Mekke Müşrikleri}, abstract={<p>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. <br /> </p>}, number={2}, publisher={Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi}