This article explores Aḥmad Fāris al-Shidyāq’s treatment of Christian and Islamic dogma in his linguistic and literary works, al-Sāq ʿalā al-sāq fī mā huwa al-Fāryāq and Mumāḥakāt al-taʾwīl fī munāqaḍāt al-injīl, among others. A convert to Islam, al-Shidyāq is a notorious critic of Christian doctrine and scripture. I draw parallels with his Bible critique to show how he thwarts the Qurʾān’s stronghold on the Arabic language. Borrowing from Muʿtazilah doctrines, al-Shidyāq proposes that language is a human creation—and meaning a human relation—and blames Arabic philologists for conflating language with submission to the divine. Through the technique of iqtibās, al-Shidyāq perforates the scriptural authority of the Bible and the Qurʾān by treating them as literary texts. Al-Shidyāq underscores the scriptures as products of the human, and not the divine, mind. His parodic play with iqtibās underscores literary rigor against authoritative discourse. Al-Shidyāq provides us with exquisite examples of how radicalness may be diffused, asserted, curtailed and covered up through word choice as well as conditions of book production, to affect a critique of authority that would long outlast his time.

本文探讨了AḥmadFārisal-Shidyāq在其语言和文学作品《al-Sāqʿalāal-sāqfīmāhuwaal-Fāryāq和Mumāḥakātal-taʾwīlfīmunāqaḍātal-injjl等人的语言和文学作品中对基督教和伊斯兰教条的处理方式。希迪亚克（Al-Shidyāq）Is依伊斯兰教，是一位臭名昭著的基督教教义和圣经批评家。我与他的圣经评论相提并论，以表明他如何挫败古兰经在阿拉伯语上的据点。希迪亚克从穆塔齐拉教义中汲取教训，提出语言是人类的创造，即人与人之间的关系，并谴责阿拉伯语言学家将语言与顺从神的思想相融合。通过iqtibās的技术al-Shidyāq通过将圣经和古兰经视为文学作品，突显了圣经和古兰经的权威。希迪亚克（Al-Shidyāq）强调圣经是人类而不是神圣思想的产物。他与伊格蒂巴斯（Iqtibās）的滑稽戏强调了文学对权威话语的严格要求。希迪亚克（Al-Shidyāq）为我们提供了一些精妙的例子，说明如何通过选词以及书籍生产的条件来散布，主张，减少和掩盖激进主义，从而影响对权威的批评，而这种批评将持续很长时间。