A Survey of the Views of Commentators about "Muqtasimīn", "I`ḍīn" and "Mustahzi`īn" in Surah Hijr

In the verses 91, 92, and 95 of Surah Hijr, the Holy Qur'an mentions three groups, "muqtasimīn", " i`ḍīn" and "mustahzi`īn", respectively. The commentators, after identifying the examples of these words, have expressed different views as follows: Some consider the meaning of "muqtasimīn" and "i`ḍīn" to be Jews and Christians who divided the Qur'an and believed in the verses that agreed with their beliefs and disbelieved in what was against their beliefs. Some other have considered the polytheists of Quraysh as the examples of those two who divided the Holy Quran and considered part of it to be magic, priesthood, legends of the past and part of it as fabricated, or polytheists who knew the Quran as being slanders and divided and analyzed the rules of the Quran. Some other commentators, regardless of the context of the verses, have introduced the people of Saleh, the prophet, as the example for them. In the present article, an attempt has been made to investigate different viewpoints on the examples of " muqtasimīn ", "i`ḍīn" and "mustahzi`īn" using the method of description and content analysis. The result of the research shows that these words are conceptually related and their examples are the infidels of Quraish; The same group that during the Prophet's mission under the leadership of Walid ibn Mughairi harassed the Holy Prophet and the Holy Qur'an mentions them as "mustahzi`īn".