Islamic Studies and Quranic Research in the Contemporary World

Islamic Studies and Quranic Research in the Contemporary World

Studying the evolution of the interpretive points of the verse «وَلَآمُرَنَّهُمْ فَلَیُغَیِّرُنَّ خَلْقَ اللَّهِ»

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Department of Islamic Studies, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Sciences, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
Abstract
The statement of Satan trying to manipulate the "divine creation" mentioned in verse 119 of Surah An-Nisa has led commentators of different eras to reflect on the nature and examples of this change.The present study seeks to answer the question of how commentators of different periods faced the concept of "changing the divine creation" and the factors affecting their approach? Thus, with the assumption that interpretive approaches are influenced by the historical, social, and epistemological contexts of their era, historical developments and commentators' views on the change of creation were studied in parallel. The research method is descriptive-analytical and based on library studies that examined 70 commentaries from the first century to the present. Data analysis shows that political, cultural, social developments and scientific advances are directly related to the expansion of the scope of examples of "change in creation" in interpretations, and the closer the interpretations have become to contemporary times, the more general and comprehensive examples and criteria have been mentioned. Thus, today, many cultural anomalies, the prevalence of Western lifestyles, the misuse of scientific advances, moral deviations, unusual surgeries, behavioral and appearance changes contrary to the purpose of life and the system of creation, etc., which some scholars interpret with the term modern ignorance, have been mentioned by contemporary interpreters. This approach has placed the aforementioned verse in a privileged position to respond to new issues of human society.
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  • Receive Date 07 June 2026
  • Revise Date 02 September 2026
  • Accept Date 07 September 2026
  • First Publish Date 07 September 2026
  • Publish Date 23 August 2026