نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
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This article critiques the theory that the “Dharr Verse” (Q. 7:172) refers Quranic “Verses of Alast” (Q. 7:172–174) refer to the covenant of Joshua with the Children of Israel, as proposed by Jaʿfar Nekūnām in his intertextual reading of the Dharr verse. It examines Nekūnām’s evidence from context, parallel Quranic passages, and the Hebrew Bible, and argues that each line of evidence is inconclusive. The immediate context of Q. 7:172 does not require a Mosaic-era setting, and the Joshua covenant, which encompasses all Israelite tribes, conflicts with the verse’s restrictive language. The article proposes instead that the Alast verses elaborate the Mīqāt narrative of Q. 7:155, in which seventy Israelite elders meet God, experience a life-threatening convulsion, and are restored. Seven verbal, semantic, and functional parallels between the two accounts—including the taking of life, direct divine-human dialogue, resistance, impending destruction, plea for deliverance, attribution of responsibility, and pedagogical purpose—support this identification. The study concludes that the Mīqāt offers a more coherent and textually grounded historical referent for the Alast verses than the covenant of Joshua.
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