The Meaning of Ta'wil According to the Later Scholars
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The questioner:
Yes. Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: The meaning of ta'wil (figurative interpretation) among the later scholars has confused me. Does it mean diverting the meaning of a word from its apparent sense with evidence, or without evidence?
The Shaykh:
Without evidence, it is invalid. A word remains on its apparent meaning unless valid evidence indicates that it is not on its apparent meaning and has another meaning other than what appears from it. This is the rule. The ta'wil of the later scholars is of two types: ta'wil that has valid evidence is correct, and ta'wil that does not have valid evidence is invalid. For example, their ta'wil of the attributes away from their apparent meaning has no evidence for it, so it is invalid; it is invalid ta'wil. Yes.
Yes. Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: The meaning of ta'wil (figurative interpretation) among the later scholars has confused me. Does it mean diverting the meaning of a word from its apparent sense with evidence, or without evidence?
The Shaykh:
Without evidence, it is invalid. A word remains on its apparent meaning unless valid evidence indicates that it is not on its apparent meaning and has another meaning other than what appears from it. This is the rule. The ta'wil of the later scholars is of two types: ta'wil that has valid evidence is correct, and ta'wil that does not have valid evidence is invalid. For example, their ta'wil of the attributes away from their apparent meaning has no evidence for it, so it is invalid; it is invalid ta'wil. Yes.
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2 -582] ما معنى التأويل عند المتأخرين؟ هل معناه صرف معنى اللفظ عن ظاهره بدليل أو بلا دليل؟! — youtube.com
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