Question

What problems arise in using The Quran as a source material for the

history of early Islam? Mention two problems.class 11​

Answer 1

The Quran has been criticized both in the sense of being studied as a text for historical, literary, sociological and theological analysis but also in the sense of being found fault with by those who argue it is not divine, not perfect and/or not particularly morally elevated.

In the 1730s the Christian translator, George Sale, published his "Peculiarities of the Quran", the third chapter in his Preliminary Discourse to his "Alkoran of Mohammed". In historical criticism, scholars (such as John Wansbrough, Joseph Schacht, Patricia Crone, Michael Cook) seek to investigate and verify the origin, text, composition, history of the Quran,examining questions, puzzles, difficult text, etc. as they would non-sacred ancient texts.