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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on interpreting the Qur'an with modern theories, known as "scientific miracle"

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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: He observes in this present time the proliferation of scientific miracle associations in the Qur'an. Does this scientific miracle have a basis in the Shari'ah, given that there are many people involved in this?

Answer:
This work is an exercise of independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) on their part. These associations aim to demonstrate the greatness of the Qur'an and that it preceded things that people have invented and realized in the present time, and that the Qur'an drew attention to them beforehand. This, in their claim, is proof of the Qur'an's inimitability. However, the Qur'an is not interpreted by the sayings of people, and modern theories do not interpret the Qur'an, because these theories differ, and perhaps theories will come that invalidate or refute them. Therefore, do not make them an interpretation of the Qur'an, and do not link them to the Qur'an at all. For the Qur'an is not said to be interpreted, nor is it interpreted, except by the correct methods mentioned by the exegetes.
These are: interpreting the Qur'an by the Qur'an first. Second, if the interpretation is not found in the Qur'an, it is interpreted by the Sunnah, the authentic hadiths. If it is not found in the authentic hadiths, it is interpreted by the sayings of the Companions, because they received the interpretation from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). If it is not found in the interpretation of the Companions, it is found in the interpretation of the Tabi'un, because they were the students of the Companions. If it is not found there, it is taken from the Arabic language in which the Qur'an was revealed. These are the methods of interpretation. As for the scientific miracle, and these matters, the Qur'an is not interpreted by them, and it is not said that this is what Allah intended in this verse.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [64] حكم تفسير القرآن بالنظريات الحديثة المسمى "الإعجاز العلمي" - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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