7/27/2023 0 Comments Paul clemmons ephemeral rift![]() On the other hand, some verses also problematize the clear distinction between the “Self” and the “Other” (cf. These surahs bear much polemical material towards non-Muslims, in which can be discerned the creative usage of rhetoric (cf. Why are these particular rhetorical devices deployed for creating the image of the “Other”? Furthermore, are there also instances that problematize these oppositional stances? These questions will be answered by looking deeply at the two surahs revealed among the latest to Prophet Muḥammad, Q al-Ma’idah 5 and Q al-Tawbah 9. This contribution follows the latter perspective in order to ask the question of what rhetorical tools the qur’anic texts utilize in polemics with different faiths for creating the opposition between the “Other” and the “Self.” This opposition establishes a specific symbolic role for the “Other,” helping the “Self” to differentiate itself from the “Other.” The follow-up questions then ask about the purpose of creating this kind of contrasting imagery. It focuses on the usage of various rhetorical devices in Qur’an’s polemics with different groups of people. also Hoffmann 2020 Hawting 1999 Griffith 2011 etc.). However, in recent years another perspective has emerged that has shifted its focus from the external circumstances to the internal use of the “Qur’an’s creative rhetoric” (Reynolds 2014 cf. studies since Geiger 1833 until today more recently, for example, Van Riel 2019 Slade 2014 Gilliot 2011 etc.). They posit the question, with what type of Christians or Jews or other non-Muslims was the Prophet’s ummah in contact? (Cf. In academia, there exist today many important studies dealing with the issue of sources of the Qur’an’s polemics towards people of different faiths (esp. Program Unit: Linguistic, Literary, and Thematic Perspectives on the Qur’anic Corpus (IQSA) Rhetorical Strategies Used in the Qur’an for Creating the "Other": Examples from Surahs 5 and 9
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