Christian concepts of adultery distorted what Muslim revelation could mean

Evidence

Ricoldo’s climax of his version of the Zaynab story reduces the argument to the absurd: ‘God commanded me to commit this adultery.’ He did not see that this was absurd, since ‘adultery’ could have no meaning here, except to a Christian. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 570

Categorization

• DEFINE: Shows how a category (adultery) carried no meaning outside its Christian frame — mapping other religions’ practice onto Christian moral taxonomy produces absurdity.