Is it permissible to interpret the Qur'an using modern scientific discoveries?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This person, may Allah preserve you, asks about interpreting the Qur'an by what is called contemporary miraculousness, and adopting it in these matters?
Answer:
No, the Qur'an is interpreted by the Qur'an, some of it by some, and it is interpreted by the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and it is interpreted by the Arabic language in which it was revealed. These are the aspects of interpretation, and Ibn Kathir based his interpretation on this (may Allah have mercy on him).
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This person, may Allah preserve you, asks about interpreting the Qur'an by what is called contemporary miraculousness, and adopting it in these matters?
Answer:
No, the Qur'an is interpreted by the Qur'an, some of it by some, and it is interpreted by the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and it is interpreted by the Arabic language in which it was revealed. These are the aspects of interpretation, and Ibn Kathir based his interpretation on this (may Allah have mercy on him).
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 243- هل يجوز تفسير القرآن بالاكتشافات العلمية الحديثة؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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