An examination of Goldziher's viewpoints toward the Quranic sciences

Ignaz Goldziher is an Orientalist who has challenged the Muslim, and especially the Shia, beliefs in his studies and has tried to accuse Shia of believing in the corruption of the present-day manuscript of the Quran. In his discussion of some issues in the Quranic sciences domain, such as collection and compilation of the Quran, occasions of Revelation, etc. he has had a prejudiced stance toward the Shia. The reason is that in most of his studies, Goldziher has extracted what he presented as Shia viewpoints from the books considered invalid by the Shia, or even from the resources that are against Shia. In the present study, we have tried to present the viewpoints of Goldziher in the Quranic sciences domain, criticize them based on traditions and other evidences, and prove the groundlessness of his viewpoints.