A Comparative Study of Sarah's Position in the Qur'an and Torah; Based on the Critique of Interpretive Narrations 

* Zohreh Narimani / Assistant Professor, Department of the Qur'an and Interpretation, the University of the Qur'anic Sciences and Teachings    zohrehnarimani92@yahoo.com
Ja'far Firuzmandi Bandpei / Assistant Professor at the Department of Language and Arabic Literature, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran
 Zeinab Shahsavari / MA Graduate, Department of the Qur'an and Interpretation, the University of the Qur'anic Sciences and Teachings 
Received: 2020/12/28 - Accepted: 2021/05/10

Abstract
According to the verses of the Qur'an, Sarah, the wife of Prophet Ibrahim, is a woman who has been blessed with God's divine mercy and has even reached a level of perfection that has made her worthy of speaking to the divine angels. The position of this lady has been discussed in many holy books and narrations. In the Bible and the Qur'an and some Islamic traditions, there is a huge difference in the expression of the characters. The Bible has not been able to portray Sarah's status as it is; moreover, it has tarnished the character of Sarah and Ibrahim by fabricating stories such as the crossing Egypt, jealousy and harshness, the persecution of Ibrahim, and so on. This attitude towards her has also penetrated in some Islamic traditions. In this study, nine narrations have been reviewed and evaluated, most of which contradict the Qur'an and are strangely consistent with the Torah. Based on evaluations, the documents of these narrations are all weak and unreliable in terms of narrations and authentication.