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meaning by changing the includes verbal and spiritual
word or moving it; as Tabarsi distortion, (Ma'refat, 2007: 11-14)
writes about the following which is explained below.
verse: Those who change 2. Typology of Distortion
words from their context… In a general division,
(Ref: An-Nisa: 46) distortion can be divided
They interpret it on a
concept other than what has into the following two types:
been revealed, and change the A. Verbal Distortion
attribute of the Prophet; This distortion means interfering
therefore, the distorter distorted it with the structure of the words
in two ways: and phrases of the Holy Quran,
• with incorrect interpretation which Allameh Tabatabai
• with change and considers as changing the
position of the words, meaning
transformation. (Tabarsi, the beginning and ending or
1993, Vol. 2: 121) deleting and adding the word.
(Tabatabai, 1997, Vol. 4: 364)
Accordingly, word distortion The author of “Tafsir al-
or speech distortion means Manar” writes in a similar
changing the meaning by using definition: The meaning of
addition and reduction, changing word distortion is to precede
and shifting the appearance of and end a word or to change
words or changing the one word into another word, or
to hide it, or to increase or
meaning by misinterpretation. decrease the word. (Rashid Rida,
(Javadi-Amoli, 2005: 17) 1994, Vol. 6: 282)
In general, distortion can be
examined in two terms: lexical and
idiomatic; Also, the term distortion
