CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF THE QUR’ANIC TEXTS THAT RELATE ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF HUMAN KIND

Abstract

UDK 28-275/276

The Qur’anic narration about Adam a.s. as the origin of human kind is found in seven suras of the text: Al-Baqarah, Al- A’raaf, Al-Hijr, Al-Isra’, Al-Kehf, sura Taha and sura Saad. Each of these narratives contains its own methodology, context and particularity that distinct it from the other narratives but the core of these tales is common to all of the narratives and it points to one and the same incident.  What is related concisely in one sura, is elaborated in another sura. All the mentioned suras are revealed in Macca, exept for the sura Al-Baqarah which is revealed in Madina. The Qur’anic suras revealed in Macca mostly relate to idol-worshipers, and those reveled in Madina are mainly addressing Muslims, people of the Book and munafikoons (hypocrites). Man that the Qur’an speaks of is marked by a perfect form, by Divine spirit breathed into him, by freedom of choice and by a capacity to learn, understand and progress. The Qur’anic style of narration and the truth revealed therein are the most apparent indicators of a super-natural character of the Qur’an.