Talk:Verse of the mawadda

This article was nominated for deletion on 17 September 2015. The result of the discussion was keep.

Why article should be deleted

This article should be deleted because 1) It lacks notability: the verse has never figured as one of controversy of opinions or implications. 2) Wikipedia is not a site for petty pro-Shia agenda from chat forums clothed as intellectual content. The article is clearly a Shia attempt to advance their claim for Ali's preeminence--using even something as minute and insignificant an issue, among Muslims, as this single verse. 3) The sources used are at best questionable: of the 9 references, 4 of them are shiite authored, 4 lack page references, 1 is authored by Ibn Kathir (who doesn't support the article claim in his own tafsir). Nor could i find Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani's support for what he is claimed to have supported. This leads me to believe we are dealing with false supporting references to stealthily support the articles claims and invented notability.
This article should be deleted for these reasons.--58.106.251.114 (talk) 03:13, 17 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Perusal of above criteria proves that one intends to support Ali and one vice versa. Therefore neutral instance from third party should be the basis for action.Nannadeem (talk) 16:03, 27 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The verse is actually a significant point of contention between Shia and Sunni. A quick search reveals that most Sunni translations of the Quran have gone out of their way to avoid the standard translations of al-mawadda and al-qurba or have incorrectly assigned al-qurba. In that sense, calling the article "petty pro-Shia" is not only an indication of inappropriate Internet etiquette but also a significant understatement of the importance of this verse.

Rewritten article

The article has been rewritten, largely based on top-tier Sunni sources and with more clarity and depth. Albertatiran (talk) 16:02, 26 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]