Topic: The AYAT of the Qur'an: EXTREMELY IMPORTANT

[Ismatudeen]

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds, Who does not resemble the creation.  To Him belong the endowments and the befitting perfections and commendations. I ask Allah to raise the rank of Prophet Muh ammad , sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam.

Surat al ^Imran, aya 7 means : Allah is the One Who has sent down to the Prophet the Book that contains muhkamat ayat, which are the foundation of the Book, and other ayat which are mutashabihat.  

So , know firmly , that the Qur'an contains two types of ayat.

Muhkamat ayat: The are the ayat that have only one meaning according to the rules of the Arabic knowledge or else the meaning of the ayas is clearly known.  Examples of this of ayat are the saying of Allah : in Surat ash Shura aya 11 means [There is nothing like Him] and His saying, ta^ala: "Layssa kamithlihi shay2".  and His saying ta^ala " wa lam yakun lahu kufu2an a7ad"

This is an aya mu7kama.  It means that islamically wise and language wise it can only have one meaning: Allah does not resemble any of his creations.

Now! what's an aya mutashabiha???  

Those are ayat that can have many meanings.  HOWEVER, if meanings are assigned to them, this must be done in a manner that complies with the language AND the religion, and does not contradict the ayat that are mu7kamat.  REMEMBER!  surely the ayat of the Qur'an do not contradict one another.  So what do we do? in this case there are two methodologies that I will explain tomorrow

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[Muhammed]

Thats good explain in english, the original text in english is more difficult to understand

Barak Allahu feeki

[Ismatudeen]

Al Ayat Al Mutashabihaat

Now, part two.  What is an aya Mutashabiha?

It is an aya that  can have many meanings according to the rules of the ARABIC LANGUAGE. Now giving meanings to these ayat requires KNOWLEDGE.  Not anyone can just come and say: ok, I think this is what it means....ABSOLUTELY NOT.

An example of it is in Surat Taha

"Ar Ra7man 3ala al 3arsh istawa"

According to the rules of Arabic, this aya is mutashabiha.  Again, according to Arabic it can have different meanings. HOWEVER, this must be done IN A MANNER THAT COMPLIES with religion and does not contradict the ayat mu7kamat.

So there are two ways for explaining the mutashabihaat and both of them are valid.

1. WAY OR METHODOLOGY of SALAF.

The Salaf were the scholars who lived during the first three centuries after the Hijrah of the Prophet sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam.  For the most part, it consists in giving general explanations.  It is summarized in what Imam Shafi3iy said: " I believe in what Allah revealed according to the meaning that Allah willed, and in what the Messenger of Allah taught according to the meaning that the Messenger of Allah willed.

to be continued

[Tal7a]

Barak Allah feek brother for this powerful information ,keep on ...
and Allah yokaweeka...
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[Proud Muslima]

Masha'Allah :bh1

[Devoted]

Please do continue, for, it's an important article.

[Milk]

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