The Ruling on Metaphor in the Qur'an and the Best Book Written on It
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is there metaphor in the Qur'an? How do you respond to those who say so? And what is the best book written on this?
Answer:
There is no metaphor in the Qur'an; the entire Qur'an is literal, for it is the speech of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). The best book written on this is *The Book of Faith* by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah. Also, Imam Ibn al-Qayyim wrote *Al-Sawa'iq al-Mursalah*, and a summary of it is currently available. In our present time, our Shaykh, Shaykh Muhammad al-Amin al-Sanqari (may Allah have mercy on him), wrote a concise treatise on the prohibition of metaphor in the Qur'an. It is a concise, printed treatise found at the end of his tafsir.
Honorable Shaykh, is there metaphor in the Qur'an? How do you respond to those who say so? And what is the best book written on this?
Answer:
There is no metaphor in the Qur'an; the entire Qur'an is literal, for it is the speech of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). The best book written on this is *The Book of Faith* by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah. Also, Imam Ibn al-Qayyim wrote *Al-Sawa'iq al-Mursalah*, and a summary of it is currently available. In our present time, our Shaykh, Shaykh Muhammad al-Amin al-Sanqari (may Allah have mercy on him), wrote a concise treatise on the prohibition of metaphor in the Qur'an. It is a concise, printed treatise found at the end of his tafsir.
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