Abstract:
The story of Ādam (a) in the Qur’ān has always been targeted with falsities about the historical reality of Ādam's (a) existence, the specific rulings of Ādam's (a) religion, and his prophethood. A review of the interpretations of the Qur’ān reveals that there are in general three groups of falsities about the personality, religion, and infallibility of Ādam (a). These falsities existed during the lifetime of the Descendants of the Prophet (a). This indicates the oldness of these falsities. The narrative evidences for these falsities do not have the required validity and their content is affected by the motive to eradicate the belief in the infallibility of the Prophets. The traditionalist approach has had a role in the promotion of these falsities. In the article at hand, each of these falsities about Ādam's story is evaluated and answered based on the Imāmīte principles for the interpretation of the Qur’ān.
Machine summary:
The Imāmīte Interpretation and the Response to the Falsities about Ādam's (a) Story in the Qur’ān ‘Alī Rād Associate Professor, the Department of the Qur’ān and Ḥadīth Sciences, the College of Fārābī, the University of Tehran, Qom, Iran (Received: February 11, 2019 ; Revised: May 24, 2019 ; Accepted: June 8, 2019) Abstract The story of Ādam (a) in the Qur’ān has always been targeted with falsities about the historical reality of Ādam's (a) existence, the specific rulings of Ādam's (a) religion, and his prophethood.
ir Introduction Due to the specificity of Ādam's (a) personality as the first human and the owner of the first religion, there have appeared falsities about the reality of Ādam's (a) existence, the reason for his disobedience and expulsion from the |Garden, some rulings about getting married with congenial relatives in his religion, his seduction by Satan's temptations in some narrative, interpretive, and theological resources.
The narrations show that relying on some specific events of Ādam's (a) life and using a different interpretation of the appearance of the related verses, some have cast falsities and challenges on the reality of Ādam (a) and his infallibility, because in essence, disobeying God's prohibition, forgetting the covenant, and being deceived by Satan is not congruent with the prophetic status of Ādam (a), but rather, these events are more compatible with an ordinary human.
This falsity is the outcome of reliance on the appearance of the Qur’ān in the interpretation of the verses, ignorance of the theological bases in discussing the prophethood and infallibility of the prophets as well as some literary ideas.