Is there any ambiguous verse in the Qur'an that we must stop at and not seek to understand?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: Is there any ambiguous matter that cannot be clarified, such that we must stop at it and not seek to understand it?
Answer:
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:[Sad 38:29] So Allah has not excluded anything from the Qur'an from being contemplated and interpreted with its correct interpretation. This is one opinion. The second opinion is that there are some things, but they are few, such as the disjointed letters. They say that Allah knows best what He intends by them, so they are among the ambiguous verses. The proponents of the first opinion say that they are not among the ambiguous verses, but rather they point to the inimitability (i'jaz). They point to the inimitability that this Qur'an is a miracle, composed of these letters, and you were unable to produce anything like it. Therefore, whenever disjointed letters appear, they are followed by a reference to the Qur'an: [Al-Baqarah 2:1-2] [Yunus 10:1] [Hud 11:1]. And the glorious Qur'an. And the Qur'an of remembrance. And the wise Qur'an. And so on.
Some of the disjointed letters are immediately followed by a mention of the Qur'an. This is a reference to the inimitability that the Qur'an is composed of the Arabic letters you pronounce, and you were unable to produce even the shortest surah of the Qur'an. This has a valid aspect; this statement has a valid aspect, and it is the statement of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: Is there any ambiguous matter that cannot be clarified, such that we must stop at it and not seek to understand it?
Answer:
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
[This is] a blessed Book which We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], that they might reflect upon its
كِتَابٌ أَنزَلْنَاهُ إِلَيْكَ مُبَارَكٌ لِّيَدَّبَّرُوا آيَاتِهِ(1) Alif, Lam, Meem. (2) This is the Book about which there is no doubt, a guidance for those conscious of Allah -
الم ذَٰلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِAlif, Lam, Ra. These are the verses of the wise Book
الر تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ الْحَكِيمِAlif, Lam, Ra. [This is] a Book whose verses are perfected and then presented in detail
الر كِتَابٌ أُحْكِمَتْ آيَاتُهُ ثُمَّ فُصِّلَتْSome of the disjointed letters are immediately followed by a mention of the Qur'an. This is a reference to the inimitability that the Qur'an is composed of the Arabic letters you pronounce, and you were unable to produce even the shortest surah of the Qur'an. This has a valid aspect; this statement has a valid aspect, and it is the statement of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [479 -560] هل يوجد متشابه في القرآن يجب أن نقف عنده ولا نبحث عنه؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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