A Glance at Noldeke's Theory about the Adaptation of the Quran

One of the orientalists who researched about the originality of Quran is Theodore Noldeke. Using a descriptive-analytic method and a critical approach this paper attempts to analyze his theory about the adaptation of Quran. He believes that the prophet of Islam (p.b.u.h) has achieved most of the teachings of Quran by communicating with other religions and cultures. In the theory of the adaptation of Quran, Nodelke believes that Judaism has the most share of efficiency, then Christianity and finally the culture of barbarism. He brings two reasons for the theory of adaptation of Quran based on Jewish-Christian sources; first, the similarity of Quran to the holy scripts of Jewish-Christian and second, the relationship between the prophet of Islam (p.b.u.h) with the followers of Judaism-Christianity. He has found some similarities between the culture of barbarism and Quran namely; the prophet was polite towards the barbarism. Noldeke`s reasoning about the adaptation of Quran are rejected; because first, there is no significant similarity between Quran and the scripts of Judaism and Christianity and the culture of barbarism. Second, the very claim that the prophet has had scientific relationship with the followers of Judaism and Christianity and his adaptability with the culture of barbarism is out of question.