Network Implications as the Pivot of Understanding Verse 82 of Surah al-Nisa with Emphasis on Narrative Proofs

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Graduate in Comparative Interpretation of the Quran, Qom University, Qom, Iran.

2 Graduate in Quranic and Hadith Sciences, Qom University, Qom, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Quran and Hadith, University of Qom, Qom, Iran

Abstract

Verse 82 of Surah al-Nisa is one of the most famous verses of the Holy Quran, to which is referred in numerous subjects. Among the various topics related to this verse, the present study explores the connection that this verse has established between the humanity of the text and the suffering of multiple differences. Therefore, it seeks the fundamental question, whether human texts in general and always have multiple differences, or the Quran has a special feature that its reproduction in human texts leads to multiple differences. For this purpose, in an analytical-critical approach, the views of the commentators on the difference mentioned in verse 82 of Surah al-Nisa have been examined and tested in terms of the possibility of their conforming to human texts and the content of the verse itself. Studies show that the difference that the Quran is free from and that human texts will be affected if they are similar to the Quran refers to the extensive network of semantic implications in the Quran. Thus, human texts in general do not suffer from multiple internal differences and contradictions, but only when they are intended to have such network implications as the Quran, internal inconsistencies arise.

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