Are the names of the chapters of the Qur'an divinely prescribed?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Are the names of the chapters divinely prescribed?
Answer:
There is scholarly disagreement among the scholars on this. Refer to the books on the principles of Qur'anic exegesis; refer to the principles of Qur'anic exegesis. There is disagreement among the scholars: some of the names are not divinely prescribed, some are divinely prescribed, and some are a matter of disagreement as to whether they are divinely prescribed or merely conventional. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Are the names of the chapters divinely prescribed?
Answer:
There is scholarly disagreement among the scholars on this. Refer to the books on the principles of Qur'anic exegesis; refer to the principles of Qur'anic exegesis. There is disagreement among the scholars: some of the names are not divinely prescribed, some are divinely prescribed, and some are a matter of disagreement as to whether they are divinely prescribed or merely conventional. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4610- 4717] هل أسماء سور القرآن توقيفية ؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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