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Contentions 1 (37)

37. Some religions out-narrate others.

Short but sweet.

My interpretation:

A few possibilities.

One interpretation could be that the Shaykh is discussing direct narrations of the founders of each religion. This brings out the point that Christianity is sprinkled with some sayings of Jesus (AS) in the New Testament, but in comparison to the narrations of Muhummad (S) present in Islam, it is minor. I’m unfamiliar with the amount of direct narration within Judaic tradition.

The other meaning could be in terms of narrations as stories or traditions to learn from. In this case, the number of traditions is equivilant to their place in history. For example, Jews accept the narration of the Old Testament alone, Christians accept the narrations of the Old Testament and New, Muslims accept (different versions of) those same stories, along with the tradition of the Prophet (S) and the Companions (Ra).

Another meaning could be the emphasis placed on accuracy and the sciences involved with narration, within each religion.

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