A Critical Analysis of Asma Afsaruddin’s paper on Ulu al-Amr

نوع مقاله : علمی پژوهشی

نویسندگان

1 کارشناسی ارشد (سطح 3) دانشجوی مؤسسه بین المللی معارف اسلامی: قم، ایران

2 گروه قرآن و علوم، مجتمع آموزش عالی قرآن و حدیث، جامعه المصطفی العالمیه،قم، ایران

چکیده

This article examines “Ulu al-Amr” written by Asma Afsarruddin. It
adopts a library-analytical method. This study aims to pinpoint the
strengths and weaknesses of this Orientalist as a piece of Western
scholarship of Quranic studies. The positive points of this article include
choosing a practical topic and writing concisely. This article also has three
negative points. The first negative point is that it has made an incomplete
induction in the cases of the Qur'anic verses. The author mentions only one
verse about the "Ulu al-Amr", while two verses of the Holy Quran directly
refer to it. Furthermore, other verses indirectly refer to this concept. The
second negative point is her use of wrong reasoning. She believes that the
lack of a king at the beginning of Islam accounts for the weakness of the
report attributed to Ubayy b. Kaʿb, who relates that ulu᾽l-amr was a
reference to the political rulers (al-Salatin). The third negative point is that
the author uses only the opinions of the Sunnis and ignores the Shias᾽
beliefs and their interpretations of this verse. The present article tries not
only to mention the defects but also to inform the author of this entry to
perfect it by providing additional content.

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