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When discussing the applicability of the commands of the Qur'an in modern times, some modern Islamic scholars have argued that the less agreeable verses contained in the Quran apply only to their original revalational circumstances. However, such ideas regarding the evolution and changing of Islamic law are generally considered heresy in traditional formulations of orthodox Sunni Islam, which adjudicates that the relevance and applicability of Quranic verses is 'by the generality of the word (''umoom al-lafdh'') and not by the specificity of the circumstance (''khusus al-sabab'')". With more than a millennium of tradition militating against this revisionary perspective, it is perhaps unsurprising that the overwhelming majority of Islamic scholars have been unwelcoming to attempts at historicizing parts of the Quran. | When discussing the applicability of the commands of the Qur'an in modern times, some modern Islamic scholars have argued that the less agreeable verses contained in the Quran apply only to their original revalational circumstances. However, such ideas regarding the evolution and changing of Islamic law are generally considered heresy in traditional formulations of orthodox Sunni Islam, which adjudicates that the relevance and applicability of Quranic verses is 'by the generality of the word (''umoom al-lafdh'') and not by the specificity of the circumstance (''khusus al-sabab'')". With more than a millennium of tradition militating against this revisionary perspective, it is perhaps unsurprising that the overwhelming majority of Islamic scholars have been unwelcoming to attempts at historicizing parts of the Quran. | ||
====Parallelism with the Bible==== | ====Parallelism with the Bible==== | ||
{{Main|Parallelism Between the Qur'an and Judeo-Christian Scriptures}}The | {{Main|Parallelism Between the Qur'an and Judeo-Christian Scriptures}}The thematic and narrative contents of Islamic scripture (and hence Islam) draw heavily on the Abrahamic tradition as it existed in and around Arabia in late antiquity. Where the contents of scripture diverge from or even directly contradict (at times pointing out the disagreement) this heritage, Islamic scholars hold that this is due to the [[Corruption of Previous Scriptures|corruption of the previous scriptures]] which Muhammad's revelation only seeks to correct. Historians, however, do not see the Islamic scriptures as in any way correcting the biblical narratives so as to make them more historically accurate (Indeed, the stories that comprise the Abrahamic tradition are, for the most part, of very limited historical merit to begin with). Instead, historians hold that Islamic scriptures present adaptations of pre-existing ideas to fit the needs and beliefs of Islam. | ||
Specific items that appear in Islamic scriptures which draw on and develop what is covered in the Bible include: the story of the talking baby Jesus, the character(s) of Mary and Miriam, the contents of Sanhedrin 37a, the story of the burial of Abel and the raven, the trinity, the story of Jesus and the clay birds, the story of Mary's upbringing and her relationship with Zachariah, the story of Mary delivering Jesus involving a palm tree, the story of Satan's refusal to prostrate before Adam, the story of the queen of Sheba, the story of the wealth of Korah, and the story of Abraham and the idols. | |||
===Contents of the Quran=== | ===Contents of the Quran=== | ||
====Al-Fatiha==== | ====Al-Fatiha==== | ||