The concept of Madness in The Glorious Quran - An objective study

Section: Research Paper
Published
Mar 1, 2024
Pages
1-18

Abstract

Prophets (peace and blessings be upon them) were accused of madness sorcery and being poets in all times and places and Almighty Allah expressed these accusations and statements about His prophets in the glorious Quran and replied that His prophets are sound and reasonable persons and refuted those fallacious accusations. This research investigated the concept of madness in the glorious Quran (an objective study) and the methodology of the study is arranging the Suras of the glorious Quran in accordance with the temporal sequence of the prophets (peace and blessings be upon them). The study consisted of three sections. The first involves prophet Noah (peace and blessings be upon him) and negating his madness and this section consisted of two sub sections the first about what Almighty Allah says: (And some said: "He is only a man possessed: wait and have patience with him for a time)) (AlMu'minon Sura: verse 25) and the second ((Before them the People of Noah rejected (their apostle): they rejected Our servant and said "Here is one possessed!" and he was driven out)) (AlQamar Sure: 9). While the second section dealt with the prophet Moses (peace be upon him) and the negation as to his madness was also rejected by the Quranic verses in two occasions the first is: (("Pharaoh said": Truly your apostle who has been sent to you is a veritable madman)) AlShu'araa Sura: verse 27). And in the second occasion we studied another acquittal for Moses from madness by Almighty Allah: ((But Pharaoh turned back with his Chiefs and said "A sorcerer or one possessed")) (AlThariyat Sura: verse: 39). The third section tackled negating madness from prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him) and it involved eight occasions: the first ((Or do they say "He is possessed"? Nay he has brought them the Truth but most of them hate the Truth)) (AlMu'minon Sura Verse: 70) the second: ((And say: "What! shall we give up our gods for the sake of a Poet possessed?)) AlSaffat Sura verse: 36) the third: ((Yet they turn away from him and say: "Tutored (by others) a man possessed)) (AlDukhan Sura verse: 14) the fourth : ((Similarly no apostle came to the Peoples before them but they said (of him) in like manner "A sorcerer or one possessed)) (AlThariyat Sura verse: 52). And in the fifth sub section we tackled what Almighty Allah says: ((Therefore proclaim thou the praises (of thy Lord): For by the Grace of thy Lord thou art no (vulgar) soothsayer nor art thou one possessed)) (AlTur Sura verse: 14) but the sixth was: ((Thou art not by the grace of thy Lord mad or possessed)) (AlQalam verse: 2) while the seventh one was what Allah says: ((And the Unbelievers would almost trip thee up with their eyes when they hear the message; and they say: "Surely he is possessed)) (AlQalam Sura verse ) and finally the eight verse is: ((Our Companion is not mad)) (AlTakweer verse: 22(

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Waleed Abid, K. (2024). The concept of Madness in The Glorious Quran - An objective study. Adab Al-Rafidayn, 54(96), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.33899/radab.2024.182334