The Quran’s identity is bound to Arabic, making translations non-scriptural

Evidence

In Islamic belief the Qur’dn can only exist in Arabic; it is the Arabic that was revealed, and a translation is not the Qur’an itself. This is why translation was long discouraged. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1995

Categorization

• DEFINE: Explains the theological claim that translations are not the Quran.