The Critique of the Entry of "Naskh" written by John Burton from the Encyclopedia of Leiden

Abstract

The Qur'an is very important to Western Islamic scholars and the Qur'an researchers, so they have studied it and presented the results of their research to the world of science in the form of books and encyclopedias. Knowing these works and individuals is an undeniable necessity for Muslims, because behind some of them lies the goals of colonialism and evangelism. Among these works is the Encyclopedia of Islam "Leiden", in which the "Entry of Naskh" by John Burton is included. In this entry, the author, while misinterpreting the concept of Naskh, considers the grounds for the emergence of the Naskh idea among Muslims as a justification of the contradictions in the Qur'an, the difference between the Qur'an and the Sunnah, and the difference in the fatwas of the jurists, and raises all kinds of doubts without Critique, including the existence of contradictions in verses and hadiths and attributing forgetfulness to the Prophet with his misinterpretation of Qur'anic verses and hadiths, the claim of Naskh al-Tilāwa in the Qur'an by raising some issues such as removing verses from the Qur'an without critique and reviewing it, claiming the Naskh (i.e. abrogation) of verses from the Qur'an with the Qur'an and Sunnah, etc., only by focusing on Sunni study sources without researching and examining Shiite sources. In this article, we have reviewed the issues criticized by John Burton in the entry of abrogation, with the Qur'anic reasons and documents of rational narration, etc., and not just the claim without Critique.