Ma`rifat Adyan

The critical approach to the Bible is a new phenomenon and is one of the consequences of the Age of Enlightenment. Until then, the Bible was regarded as a holy and religious source, but during the Age of Enlightenment, scientific instruments were used for assessing it as well as other ancient texts. Testing the authenticity of the Bible and the different views about it is the main concern of this approach. Making use of different methods to criticize the Bible for evaluating the Quran has been a challenge to Quranic sciences and before using these methods, it is necessary to examine their effectiveness in the assessment of the Quran. This paper first considers the factors and reasons behind criticizing the Bible and then discusses the idea of applying to the Qur’an some of the methods used for criticizing the Bible .The research results show that, unlike the Bible, the Qur'an has been transmitted from generation to generation through recitation and memorization and has been carefully preserved without any alteration. Therefore, unlike the Biblical text, the Qur'anic text is subject to no criticism and no claims can be made about the additions or omissions in it.