فتنة خلق القرآن وأثرها في الكتابة التاريخية

Abstract

The sedition of the creation of the Qur’an is one of the most important doctrinal issues that affected historical writing in the Abbasid era, as a major dispute arose between the Mu’tazila, who said that the Qur’an was created, and the scholars who rejected it. This sedition was not limited to the intellectual aspect, but rather overlapped with political interests, which led to the distortion of some historical narratives or their direction in a way that served the interests of the rulers. The study aims to analyze the impact of this sedition on historical and doctrinal approaches, and highlights how it contributed to the development of historical criticism and the use of narratives to establish political and doctrinal positions. The study recommends the necessity of reviewing historical narratives according to modern critical approaches to achieve a deeper understanding of the Islamic heritage. The sedition of the creation of the Qur’an shows a profound impact on the development of Islamic thought and historical writing, as it led to major doctrinal and intellectual divisions in Islamic society. That period was characterized by the use of historical narratives as a tool to establish political and intellectual positions, which made historians and hadith scholars affected by social and political pressures in documenting events. This study sheds light on how this sedition affected historical and doctrinal approaches, and how it contributed to the formulation of narratives that serve certain interests. It also highlights the importance of historical criticism in separating truth from directed narratives, which requires re-examining events according to modern methods.