Qoran Shenakht

Rubin's view on the signification of “al-Dokhan Mobin” in verse ten of Surah al-Dokhan and his opinion about some commentators’ interpretation of this phrase stipulates that although the signification of this phrase is otherworldly, the commentators have expressed a worldly signification for it in order to praise the Prophet of Islam. Following a syllogistic purpose and acting according to their ideas about him, they have expressed a post-Qur'anic image of him, in contrary to the Qur'anic image, to show that the prophet has special powers to confront the polytheists in Mecca. This study examines the relevance of this view to interpretive evidence through critical analysis. Examination of Rubin's documents, and other documents that he has not presented, as well as attention to the capacity of the language of the Qur'an and the multifaceted nature of the significations and the possibility of multiple instances of its expressions shows that: firstly, there is a ground for the signification of this phrase for worldly signification and secondly, we have evidence of the type of indications cited which also confirms the secular signification. Thus, neither Rubin's accusation against Muslim commentators is defensible, nor is the worldly signification of some of them baseless