Medieval annotators traced specific Qur’anic verses to Arian and Nestorian heretical origins

Evidence

Ricoldo also said that Muslims believe only God can explain Q. (this actually is said of certain verses only) (Itin. xxx1); and that Muslims agree that the first author of Q. was the Devil (Disp. xi); it would be interesting to know what sort of agreement he had evidence of. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1925 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Medieval polemics explained Islam’s origins through heretical Christian and Jewish teachers; Medieval authors mislabelled Islamic Christian and Jewish influences as heretical sects; Medieval Christian polemicists attributed hostile origin myths to the Qur’an — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1925 (+1 more)

Related

• Medieval Christian polemicists attributed hostile origin myths to the Qur’an (similarity 0.94)
• Medieval authors mislabelled Islamic Christian and Jewish influences as heretical sects (similarity 0.89)
• Medieval polemicists conflated Qur’an and hadith authorship by Muhammad (similarity 0.86)
• Medieval Muslims agreed on divine origin but disputed Qur’anic interpretation (similarity 0.85)
• Medieval polemicists used Muslim sources to validate anti-Muslim legends (similarity 0.85)
• Medieval Christians polemicists routinely conflated the Qur’an with reported sayings of Muhammad (similarity 0.84)
• Medieval European polemicists held inconsistent accounts of Qur’anic revelation. (similarity 0.84)
• Scholars perpetuated apocryphal Islamic legends despite knowing they lacked sources (similarity 0.84)
• Christian annotators charged the Quran with self-contradiction on points later seen as mere nuance (similarity 0.84)
• Medieval anti-Islamic polemic could work from accurate hadith rather than fabricated detail (similarity 0.84)
• Medieval critics debated what predating Muhammad by Islam meant (similarity 0.83)
• Medieval legends credited Muhammad’s revelations to a heretical monk (similarity 0.83)
• Medieval Christian polemicists misattributed beliefs to Muslims that Muslims would disown. (similarity 0.83)
• Christian polemicists read Muslim sources as unwittingly confirming Christian legends (similarity 0.83)
• Ricoldo conceded Muslims differed over interpretation but not over divine origin. (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Medieval Christian polemic credited Muhammad’s doctrine to a Nestorian monk and Jews #exemplifies (0.90)
• Medieval polemics explained Islam’s origins through heretical Christian and Jewish teachers #expands (0.85)
• Medieval Christian polemicists attributed hostile origin myths to the Qur’an #exemplifies (0.80) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1925
• Medieval authors mislabelled Islamic Christian and Jewish influences as heretical sects #expands (0.75)