A critical analysis of khalafullah's argument concerning the existence of mythical story in the Quran

One of the controversial issues concerning the Quran is the claim of the existence of mythical stories in the Quran raised by Muhammad ahmad khalafullah in the contemporary era. Criticizing this view، some scholars have refuted it relying on numorous arguments. The present article has criticized and analyzed the principal argument of khnalafullah،i. e the verses including the phrase "the myths of the ancient one. s" (asātīr ul-avvalīn) from a different perspective and based on his literary method. The outcome of the research and the analysis of the verses based on the literary exegetical method suggest the absence of mythical stories in the Quran، since the verses should be arranged and interpreted chronologically in a literary study. Application of this method indicates that، in spite of the analysis of khalafullah، polytheists had called the Quran frequently the myths of the ancient ones before god revealed any Quranic stories. Even if we concede that the holy Quran has quoted this attribution from the polytheists without denial، the meaning of "myths'" in the Quran can not be the stories of the Quran. However، a curious study of the context of these verses suggests that they firmly refute the claim of the Quranic vevses being mythical.