| 单词 | satanic verses |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSatanic verses Satanic verses n. a short text reputed to have been included in the Qur'an at the suggestion of Satan rather than by divine inspiration when Muhammad was uttering authentic verses.The text consists of six Arabic words referring to the intercessionary powers of three pagan goddesses. Islamic scholarship has long regarded narratives of the inclusion as unsubstantiated. The term became widely known with the controversy surrounding Salman Rushdie's novel (see quot. 1988) and the subsequent fatwa calling for him to be killed, issued by Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989. ΚΠ 1858 W. Muir Life Mahomet II. v. 152 So the two Satanic verses were in the mouth of every one of the unbelievers, and they increased their malice. 1961 W. M. Watt Muhammad iii. 61 Whether we accept this story or not..it seems certain that Muhammad recited the ‘satanic verses’ as part of the Qur'an and later recited another revelation abrogating them. 1988 S. Rushdie Satanic Verses (1998) ii. 124 After the repudiation of the Satanic verses, the Prophet Mahound returns home to find a kind of punishment awaiting him. 1998 Studia Islamica 87 68 The long debate conducted by Muslim scholars over the Satanic verses incident..[has been] resolved today in the rejection of the historicity of the Satanic verses incident. 2009 Oxf. Encycl. Islamic World (electronic ed.) at Satanic Verses The story concerning the ‘Satanic Verses’ occurs in several early Muslim sources, including the Ṭabaqāt of Ibn Saʿd (784–845 ce) and the Tafsīr of al-Ṭabarī (839–923 ce). < as lemmas |
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