counter-Quranic

adjective

Contrary to what is stated in the Qur'an.

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Meanings

adjectivecounter-Quranic (comparative more counter-Quranic, superlative most counter-Quranic)

comparative more counter-Quranic · superlative most counter-Quranic · alternative counter-Koranic

  1. Contrary to what is stated in the Qur'an.

    […] dating from shortly after the period of collection and compilation, shows that scholarly concern with formal aspects of hadīth masked contradictory, irrational, and counter-Qur'anic […]

    2009, Sikeena Ahmed, Islam: Between Message and History, page 145
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    Moreover, the novel contains, in its carnivalesque polyphony, the strident counter-Qur'anic voice of the Sikh mechanic Kalasinga — a fascinating fictional construct that recalls the fleeting figure of the harlequinlike Russian […]

    2004, Amin Malak, Muslim Narratives and the Discourse of English, page 63

Origin

From counter- + Quranic.

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