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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Explaining the correct method for understanding the Noble Qur'an and following the Noble Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).

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The Shaykh : They are not affected by the whispers of the Shayatins, whether they are humans or jinn. The introduction concerns the fact that there is no way for any Muslim, even if he were the most eloquent of those who speak Arabic after the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), to derive his interpretation of the Noble Qur'an except from the Arab, Hashimi, Qurashi Prophet (may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him). I mean: it is impossible for any Arab, no matter how much eloquence and rhetoric he is granted, to independently understand the Qur'an based on the Arabic language alone. It is impossible for him to understand the Qur'an that Allah revealed to the heart of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) except through the path of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). And the matter is, as you all know, due to the saying of the Exalted:
And if you disagree over anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger, if you should believe in Allah and the Last Day. That is the best [way] and best in result. فإن تنازعتم في شيء فرُدوه إلى الله والرسول إن كنتم تؤمنون بالله واليوم الآخر ذلك خير وأحسن تأويلًا
[An-Nisa 4:59]
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You also know that all scholars of tafsir have said that referring to Allah means referring to His Book, and referring to the Messenger means referring to his Sunnah and his hadith. So if a man, no matter how much knowledge and understanding he is granted, wants to independently understand the Qur'an without deriving from the revelation of the Sunnah, he will not be able to find a way to do so. He will not be able to reach the understanding of what Allah (Mighty and Majestic) intended for His Qur'an, because Allah (Mighty and Majestic) entrusted this matter to His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when He said in the Noble Qur'an, addressing the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family):
And We revealed to you the message that you may make clear to the people what was sent down to them وأنزلنا إليك الذكر لتبين للناس ما نُزل إليهم
[An-Nahl 16:44]
. This explanation is the Sunnah and the hadith. Explaining the Qur'an is a function that our Lord entrusted to our Prophet (may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him). Since our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) has been raised to the highest companion and has died and passed away, just as the messengers before him passed away, as the Exalted said:
Muhammad is not but a messenger. [Other] messengers have passed on before him. وما محمدٌ إلا رسول قد خلت مِن قبله الرسل
[Ali 'Imran 3:144]
, the verse, then as long as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has passed away and been raised to the highest companion, our path to him is like our path to his Lord when He commanded us in His Book with His previous saying:
And if you disagree over anything, refer it to Allah فإن تنازعتم في شيء فردوه إلى الله
[An-Nisa 4:59]
, meaning: to His Book, then to the Messenger, meaning: to his Sunnah. Therefore, the faith and creed of a Muslim will not be sound in a way that saves him from eternal abode in the Fire
(88) The Day when there will not benefit [anyone] wealth or children (89) But only one who comes to Allah with a sound heart." يوم لا ينفعُ مال ولا بنون إلا من أتى الله بقلب سليم
[Ash-Shu'ara 26:88-89]
except by following this noble Prophet, meaning by following his Sunnah. This is the first introduction.
Source alathar.net

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