ABSTRACT
The Quran contains numerous terms of disagreement that have led to comments that the Quran is a product of polemical encounters with a variety of creeds and beliefs. For instance, Jacques Jomier argues that the theme of argument and persuasion is a continual aspect of the Quran, both as doctrinal content and as stylistic quality of the text. The surah of the mujādilah as signatory title of the fifty-eighth chapter of the Quran, embodies theological disagreement whereby she personifies the essence of interlocution as revelation. This Quranic portrayal of Abraham synchronizes a biblical profile of Abraham as proto-prophetic intercessor, as one who both questions the theodicy of God, as well as someone who stands in the breaches on behalf of others. However, a canonical reading of the terminology of dispute considers chronological development together with an understanding of the accumulative semiology of the Quran.
