The word in the composition is a nass (explicit text) regarding what the addressee intended in the clarification (Definition of nass and whether there is metaphor in the Qur'an and language)
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The Shaykh :"The word in the composition is a nass (explicit text) regarding what the addressee intended in the clarification"
"The word in the composition is a nass (explicit text)" For them, a nass is what does not admit of any meaning other than one; it is synonymous with explicitness (sarih). From this comes their saying: "The bride's platform," which is the chair she comes to and sits on. If you asked the assembly, "Who is this?" they would say, "It is the bride, the woman," and it does not admit of anything else. Similarly, a nass in speech is that which does not admit of anything other than its meaning, so it is explicit in it. He says:
"A nass (explicit text) regarding what the addressee intended in the clarification"
The composition makes it a nass. From here, Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said: "There is no metaphor (majaz) in the Qur'an nor in the Arabic language" Why? Because the context makes the word explicit in meaning and a nass in meaning, and it does not admit of metaphor.[Al-Isra 17:24] Except for the statement of the one who says: "Break the wing of the bird," is that clear? Because everyone knows that "break the wing of the bird" means the wing by which the bird flies. "The wing of humility" means the elevation of humility; that you do not rise above them, but rather lower your humility toward them, their humility being like a wing. If it is lowered, the bird does not fly. So the speech is a nass in its context. And at that time, we say there is no metaphor in the Arabic language because the context specifies the meaning and prevents metaphor. There is no doubt that what he said, may Allah have mercy on him, is the truth: that there is no metaphor in the Arabic language, because words in themselves do not specify their meaning completely except through context. So when the meaning of the word is specified in its context, at that time the possibility of intending the original literal meaning is not present, and the speech remains literal in its context, a nass in its meaning. He says:
"The word in the composition is a nass (explicit text) regarding what the addressee intended in the clarification"
This is one point.
"The word in the composition is a nass (explicit text)" For them, a nass is what does not admit of any meaning other than one; it is synonymous with explicitness (sarih). From this comes their saying: "The bride's platform," which is the chair she comes to and sits on. If you asked the assembly, "Who is this?" they would say, "It is the bride, the woman," and it does not admit of anything else. Similarly, a nass in speech is that which does not admit of anything other than its meaning, so it is explicit in it. He says:
"A nass (explicit text) regarding what the addressee intended in the clarification"
The composition makes it a nass. From here, Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said: "There is no metaphor (majaz) in the Qur'an nor in the Arabic language" Why? Because the context makes the word explicit in meaning and a nass in meaning, and it does not admit of metaphor.
And lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy
اخفض لهما جناح الذل من الرحمة"The word in the composition is a nass (explicit text) regarding what the addressee intended in the clarification"
This is one point.