Investigating the Claim About the Abrogation of Verses 20 and 169-170 of Sūrah Āli-’Imrān

The issue of abrogation has been considered since the early Islam. Abrogation has two main pillars, namely the abrogating and the abrogated, and belongs to the realm of verses of rulings. Some Islamic commentators and thinkers have claimed abrogation of verses 20 and 169-170 of Sūrah Āli-’Imrān. The present article examines this claim with a descriptive-analytical method and criticizes it based on a number of reasons. The result of this research is that the claim of abrogation in the mentioned verses suffers from drawbacks including the abrogation of the Qur’an with a single report, acceptance of distortion in the Qur’an, restriction of the Qur’anic verses to a specific time, and the rejection of immortality of the Qur’an until the Day of Judgment. Keywords: the claim of abrogation of verses 169 and 170 of Sūrah Āli-’Imrān, the claim of abrogation of verse 20 of Sūrah Āli-’Imrān, the rejection of Immortality of the Qur’an, restriction of the Qur’anic verses to a specific time, the abrogation of the Qur’an with a single report.