A Comparative Study of the Suspicion of Distortion of Divine Decrees by Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) in Surah Tahrim from the Perspective of Fariqin

Abstract

"Infallibility" is a state of soul in an infallible person that causes him to turn away from sin and wrong deeds and keeps him from any mistakes and forgetfulness, without causing him to be deprived of his will power or forced to do. There are verses in the Holy Qur'an that their superficial level indicate the issuance of sin or error by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Some of the commentators of Fariqin have raised doubts in this regard by adhering to the appearance of the verses. One of the important and controversial issues that have been raised in the history of Islam, and the enemies of Islam have relied on it in their books, is about the first verses of Surah Tahrim, which have been the focus of attention of most of the commentators of Fariqin, and about the cause of its revelation, many different narrations have been proposed. The method of this research is desk-research and the method of analysis is comparative. After the investigations, it was found that these narrations cannot be correct due to their conflicts in the cause of its revelation and also because of the opposition to the style (siyaq) of the verses of the Surah. What is obtained from the verses of the Surah shows the formation of a dangerous conspiracy against the Holy Prophet at that time when this conspiracy penetrated into his house and some of the wives of the Prophet collaborated with enemies and even the secrets of the Prophet were revealed by them and the Surah Tahrim in such an environment are sent down to deal strongly with conspiracy and collusion against the Messenger of God, and to support God’s Messenger against his unfaithful wives.