Kur’an’ın Ezeliliği Bağlamında Sebeb-i Nüzûle Dair Çağdaş Değerlendirmeler
Modern Evaluations Regarding the Asbāb al-Nuzūl in the Context of Eternity of the Qur’an

Summary/Abstract: This article is about the evaluation of the asbāb al-nuzūl in the context of whether the Qur’an is eternal or not. In the study, it is aimed to determine how the role given to the asbāb al-nuzūl in the shaping of verses differs according to the conceptions of the Qur’an by modern thinkers. According to the contemporary authors who do not accept the eternal Qur’an conception, sabab/reason used in the completion of asbāb al-nuzūl means the condition, which means that the existence of the verse depends on the reason. According to those who have the eternal Qur’an conception, sabab/reason means correlation/ relation. For this reason, it is not the existence of the verse, but only the relation for its revelation. According to those who accept the eternity of the Qur’an, since there is already a complete and last prototype of the Quran in al-Lawh al-Mahfūz, the event and the revelation of the verse are interpreted as a coincidence by the divine will. On the other hand, according to those who oppose this concept, there is no explanation for the existence of verses that mention them before the events of the nuzūl period occurred. For, the acceptance of the existence of those verses before the events that caused the revelation of the verses abolishes human freedom and causes the period of nuzūl to become a mandatory history.

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