tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387550.post6813287293947665264..comments2023-07-01T08:55:59.065-05:00Comments on City of Brass: inerrancyAziz P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11825546047253660903noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387550.post-21376912344418056972007-04-25T14:25:00.000-05:002007-04-25T14:25:00.000-05:00IY, my point about Umar is that applying the casua...IY, my point about Umar is that applying the casual standard that Hamid did would lead to apparent contradictions in our own Islamic sense of inerrancy - unless you delve deeper into the details. <BR/><BR/>AM, I think that the distinction we need to make about inerrancy of the text with respect to compilation is that in that case, it's about inerrancy arising from human intervention - intentional or not. I certainly can take a black marker to a copy of teh Qur'an and then teach my children from it; that is in no way a comment n the inerrancy of the divine message. I guess I disagree that the need for an "authentic" version and compilation of same neccessarily proves that the scriptural texts are not inerrant. Just that we flawed mortals arent.Aziz P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11825546047253660903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387550.post-16657967230714638482007-04-25T13:41:00.000-05:002007-04-25T13:41:00.000-05:00assalamu alay'kum Brother Aziz,This is an accurate...assalamu alay'kum Brother Aziz,<BR/><BR/>This is an accurate mention. The very need for establishing inerrancy is a proof in itself that scriptural texts are not inerrant per se. <BR/><BR/>For if Quran was thought to be intrinsically exempted from error, the question for supervising a unanimously authentic version would not have been there in early years. Yes, its inerrancy is understood traditionally as an Ijaz (impossibility to imitate) but thats a claim which text makes itself and which has to be established from sources other than itself.<BR/><BR/>wassalamعاصم بخشیhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11097981480184519296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387550.post-90537566036169730602007-04-25T12:50:00.000-05:002007-04-25T12:50:00.000-05:00Uthmanic Recension? Not sure Umar had the wherewit...Uthmanic Recension? Not sure Umar had the wherewithal to really be involved in compiling the text.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16259009669191686993noreply@blogger.com