Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (There emerges from them both the pearl and the coral)
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Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (There emerges from them both the pearl and the coral)]
Allah the Exalted said: [Ar-Rahman: 22] Meaning: From the two seas, the fresh and the salty, (the pearl and the coral), which are pieces of red pearl, beautiful in form and color, even though they are water.and His saying, the Exalted: (From them both), He attributed the emergence to the two seas, the fresh and the salty.And it has been said: Indeed, the pearl does not emerge except from the salty sea, and it does not emerge from the fresh sea.And those who said this were confused in the meaning of the verse: How does Allah say: (From them both), when it is from one of them?So they answered: That this is from the category of predominance, where one side is made to predominate over the other, just as it is said: Al-Umran for Abu Bakr and 'Umar,And it is said: The two moons for the sun and the moon, so this is from the category of predominance, and the intended meaning is from one of them.
And some of them said: Rather, this is based on the omission of a compound, and the estimation is (from them both), meaning: from one of them.
And there is a third statement: That the verse remains on its apparent meaning, with no predominance and no omission.And he says: (From them both), meaning: from both of them, the pearl and the coral, even if the salty sea is distinguished by being more abundant and better.
So which of these three statements do we adopt? We adopt what agrees with the apparent meaning of the Qur'an, and this is a rule that you must understand.Allah the Mighty and Majestic says: (It emerges from them both), so from the Creator of both, who knows what emerges from them.If the apparent meaning of the verse is: That the pearl and the coral emerge from both of them, it is obligatory to take its apparent meaning, but there is no doubt that the salty sea is more abundant and better, but this does not prevent us from saying according to the apparent meaning of the verse; rather, it is incumbent that we say according to the apparent meaning of the verse.And this is a rule in the Qur'an and the Sunnah: That we take a thing by its apparent meaning and do not interpret it figuratively, except if there is a dire necessity that we must follow what the dire necessity requires, but without a dire necessity, it is obligatory to take the Qur'an and the Sunnah by their apparent meanings.
[Ar-Rahman: 21] Because what is in these seas and what is obtained of the great benefits in them are many blessings that a person can never deny.
Allah the Exalted said:
From both of them emerge pearl and coral.
يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَالْمَرْجَانُAnd some of them said: Rather, this is based on the omission of a compound, and the estimation is (from them both), meaning: from one of them.
And there is a third statement: That the verse remains on its apparent meaning, with no predominance and no omission.And he says: (From them both), meaning: from both of them, the pearl and the coral, even if the salty sea is distinguished by being more abundant and better.
So which of these three statements do we adopt? We adopt what agrees with the apparent meaning of the Qur'an, and this is a rule that you must understand.Allah the Mighty and Majestic says: (It emerges from them both), so from the Creator of both, who knows what emerges from them.If the apparent meaning of the verse is: That the pearl and the coral emerge from both of them, it is obligatory to take its apparent meaning, but there is no doubt that the salty sea is more abundant and better, but this does not prevent us from saying according to the apparent meaning of the verse; rather, it is incumbent that we say according to the apparent meaning of the verse.And this is a rule in the Qur'an and the Sunnah: That we take a thing by its apparent meaning and do not interpret it figuratively, except if there is a dire necessity that we must follow what the dire necessity requires, but without a dire necessity, it is obligatory to take the Qur'an and the Sunnah by their apparent meanings.