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What is our position on describing the entire Qur'an as both clear and ambiguous?

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The questioner : Our position is to say that describing the Qur'an as every part being clear and every part being ambiguous.

The Shaykh : Yes. Is there any contradiction between them? No, not at all. Because the whole is described with this attribute: it is all clear and it is all ambiguous. It is all at the peak of perfection, quality, and eloquence, and so on. It is all ambiguous in this sense. Is that clear or not? It is clear. By Allah, I do not know; I have a body that exists and a heart that is missing. Say yes.

The questioner : Or, if Allah wills.

The Shaykh : It plays like the most beautiful shark.

The questioner : That it is a community.

The Shaykh : There is no contradiction between it being all clear and it being all ambiguous.

The questioner : Yes, in terms of it executing the quantity in terms of clarity, eloquence, and perfection, and it is ambiguous in meaning? Yes.

The Shaykh : His speech resembles some of it in this perfection. Describing some of it as clear and some of it as ambiguous. There is no contradiction at all, because some is clear and some is ambiguous. This has its place and this has its place. Contradiction or conflict only occurs if the place is the same. But if the place differs, there is no problem. Is that clear now? Okay, stay here. Okay, yes.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 349 - ما موقفنا من وصف القرآن كله محكم ومتشابه؟ شرح تقريب التدمرية - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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