The Fallibility or Infallibility of the Propositions of the Qur’ān and the Testaments

One of the most important foundations of knowing and interpreting the Qur’ān, the Torah, and the Gospel is the belief in the infallibility and impeccability of the words and propositions of these divine scriptures. If the verses and statements of the noble Qur’ān and the Testaments during the revelation era and the ensuing times have been afflicted with distortion and contradiction, then they cannot be trusted. One of the dimensions of the originality and authoritativeness of the divine scriptures is their freedom from any kind of mistake, disharmony, and disagreement. When a person tries to understand the verses based on such a viewpoint, he will expect nothing but harmony from the verses and will try to figure out this harmony and convergence. In this article, various existing viewpoints in this regard are presented and examined, and it is concluded that the infallibility of the divine scriptures is the stance taken by the majority of Muslims and the Judaist tradition, while there are disagreements among Christians. The main reason is the viewpoints of Muslims, Jews, and Christians toward revelation.

Keywords:

Disagreement , Conflict , Interpretation , Infallibility , Testaments , Qur’ān