Ibrahim Awad
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Ibrahim Awad is a contemporary Egyptian scholar, literary critic, and professor at the Faculty of Arts at Ain Shams University in Cairo . He is known for his critical and polemical writings defending Islamic scripture and doctrine, including his book Ismat al-Quran al-Karim wa Jahalat al-Mubashshirin (The Infallibility of the Noble Qur'an and the Ignorances of the Missionaries) .
Academic Career and Critical Engagement
Awad established his career as an academic and literary critic within the Faculty of Arts at Ain Shams University in Cairo . In addition to university teaching, he engaged in broader scholarly and critical discourse through book reviews and essay contributions in Arab periodicals and newspapers, such as the Saudi daily al-Jazirah, where he published critical analyses of contemporary theological literature and methodology .
A central facet of his scholarly activity has been the refutation of orientalist and missionary critiques of Islam . In Ismat al-Quran al-Karim wa Jahalat al-Mubashshirin, published in Cairo in 1426 AH / 2005 CE, he addressed modern missionary literature, mounting a systematic rebuttal against Abdullah Abd al-Fadi's 1994 treatise Hal al-Qur'an Ma'sum? (Is the Qur'an Infallible?) by defending the grammatical integrity and divine preservation of the Quranic text and answering allegations against the Prophet Muhammad .
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List of Works
Ismat al-Quran al-Karim wa Jahalat al-Mubashshirin ("The Infallibility of the Noble Qur'an and the Ignorances of the Missionaries") is a contemporary apologetic work completed in 2003 CE and published in 1426 AH / 2005 CE. It is written in refutation of Christian missionary polemics targeting the Quran and the Prophet Muhammad, serving as a direct response to the 1994 polemical treatise Hal al-Qur'an Ma'sum? by Abdullah Abd al-Fadi. The text primarily focuses on countering linguistic allegations alongside thematic objections concerning the content of the Quran.