Shi`ah and the Interpolation of Qur’an

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   ‘Abdul Latif al Kazarani   ‘Abdul Latif al Kazarani[1] says in the second introduction of his Tafsir, Mir’at al Anwar wa Mishkat al Asrar[2]:   Know well that the truth, from which there is no escape, according to the following Mutawatir narrations, and others, is that in the Qur’an that we have in our possession there are alterations which took place after the […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Ni’mat Allah al Jaza’iri and the Distortion of the Qur’an   Al Jaza’iri[1] mentions in his book al Anwar al No’maniyyah (vol. 2 pg. 357):   To accept the Tawatur (mass-transmitted nature) of the (seven Qira’at) as the divine revelation and to say that all of it was what has been revealed by Jibril results in discarding Mustafid (wide-spread) narrations, rather the Mutawatir […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Al Majlisi and the Distortion of the Qur’an   There is no difference between al Majlisi[1] and the other scholars of the Shia who believe in Tahrif. They also believe that the Sahabah erased from the Qur’an the merits of Imam ‘Ali radiya Llahu ‘anhu, as well as their own ignominies. We find that he mentions in his book Tadhkirat al A’immah (pg. […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Al Kashani and the Distortion of the Qur’an   Al Kashani[1] in the introduction of his Tafsir al Safi (vol. 1 pg. 32) he lists — at length — the narrations which indicate to the distorted and incomplete nature of the Qur’an, as well the inference that the Sahabah are responsible for the omission of the merits and virtues of Ahlul Bayt from […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Al Tabarsi and the Distortion of the Qur’an   Al Tabarsi[1] mentions in his book al Ihtijaj (vol. 1 pg. 222) while discussing the argument of Amir al Mu’minin ‘Ali radiya Llahu ‘anhu against many of the Muhajirin and Ansar —as he claimed — he says:   Talhah said to ‘Ali, among the many questions that he posed to him, “O Abu al […]