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What is the validity of the statement: "Above the mosquito is a small insect," as an interpretation of the phrase "and what is above it"?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: In His saying, the Exalted:
Indeed, Allah is not timid to present an example - that of a mosquito or what is smaller than itإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَسْتَحْيِي أَن يَضْرِبَ مَثَلًا مَّا بَعُوضَةً فَمَا فَوْقَهَا
[Al-Baqarah 2:26]
He mentions that in the scientific miracles of the Qur'an, the West has discovered that above the mosquito is a small insect that cannot be seen with the naked eye, which moves with it wherever it goes, and this is what is intended by the phrase "and what is above it." What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh, on this statement?

Answer:
The Qur'an is not interpreted, my brother, by modern inventions, ideas, and theories. The Qur'an is not interpreted by these, because they are human theories that err and hit the mark, and they change. The Qur'an is not interpreted except by the Qur'an, or by the Sunnah, or by the statements of the Companions, or by the statements of the Tabi'un. These are the avenues of interpretation, or by the implications of the language in which it was revealed. As for making inventions, ideas, and theories an interpretation of the Qur'an, this is not permissible, because they err and change, because they err and change, and other theories come after them, so we do not make them an interpretation of the Qur'an. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 887- 4717] ما صحة قول :إن فوق البعوضة حشرة صغيرة تفسيرًا للبعوضة فما فوقها — youtube.com

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