"The Infallibility between Affirmation and Denial: A Comparative Interpretative Study"

Abstract

The Holy Qur'an explicitly mentions infallibility, and this is clear and unambiguous among religious scholars, commentators, and others. However, many Qur'anic verses mention disobedience, misguidance, ignorance, frowning, and other things that are inappropriate for the status of God's prophets and messengers (may God's prayers be upon them). However, some of them said so, while others cleared them of the base descriptions attributed to them on the grounds of infallibility. There is no doubt that explaining this matter requires mentioning the different interpretations of the verses and comparing them in terms of proving or denying the infallibility of the Prophet, even if it is without explicitly denying it. Because some of these attributes, in the view of the proponents of transcendence, are detrimental to infallibility, unlike the other group that believes that what is important in this situation is the infallibility of the Prophet in conveying the revelation and nothing else. This is what was clarified by means of research into some of the verses related to the subject, between the first of the prophets and their seal (may God’s prayers be upon them both), and praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds.