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Parsing the "min" in the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And We send down of the Qur'an that which is healing"

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Question:
I heard the Shaykh there, some of it. I mean, we will begin. We will begin with the questions related to the topic of the course, as it revolves around the verses of illness and healing. There are some questions asking about the meanings of some verses that came in the Book of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, related to healing and medicine? Here our noble brother says, "Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings." He said, Allah the Exalted said:
And We send down of the Qur'an that which is healingوَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مَا هُوَ شِفَاءٌ
[Al-Isra 17:82]
He said, "And We send down of the Qur'an." Is the word "of the Qur'an" in the sense of causality, partitive, or explanatory? "And We send down of the Qur'an."

Answer:
The "min" in this position is explanatory, not partitive. Explanatory means: We send down the Qur'an, that which is healing and mercy. So the entire Qur'an does not fall outside of it being healing and mercy; it is not the case that some of it is healing and mercy and some of it is not. No.

The presenter:
Yes, yes,
Source لقاء مفتوح — alfawzan.live (8:45)

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