Rosenzweig denied Islam genuine religion, creation, and revelation.

Evidence

Rosenzweig claims that Islam may be theologically oriented, but knows nothing of religion: “Islam has neither creation nor revelation, although it struts about, full of pomp and dignity with both of them as it found them” (n7/G130). The power of its God is therefore “like that of an Oriental despot” (ibid.). In its world, in the world of Islam, “God’s love was, after all, not actual love here either … Thus Islam knows of a loving God as little as of a beloved soul” (172/GI92-93). — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab, 493

Categorization

• QUESTION: How does Rosenzweig’s denial that Islam has creation and revelation square with his reading of the Qur’an elsewhere — is this consistent or a polemic lapse?
• DEFINE: Illustrates the precise content of Islam’s supposed theological vacuity in Rosenzweig’s system.