The author describes them as having entered Islamic exegesis and history and as having distorted the understanding of the Qur’anic narratives, especially in the portrayal of women and in the structure of the inherited narrative tradition. For him, they are not innocent additions but an influential element in producing the Salafi reading.
- Isra’iliyyat distort the Qur’anic narratives
- Isra’iliyyat entered exegesis
- Isra’iliyyat and abrogation corrupt the reading of the text
- The humanistic Qur’anic reading liberates religion from authoritarianism and distorted tradition
- The Qur’anic narratives reveal history and the message as a human emancipatory trajectory