And you know that the reality of ta'wil (figurative interpretation) is the truth, not the second sense of majaz (definition of majaz and the divisions of ta'wil)
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The Shaykh : He says: "And you know" meaning that when you pass through Surah Al-Imran, you understand the intent; may Allah grant you success, O one of divine rank.
"And you know that the reality of ta'wil (figurative interpretation) is the truth, not the second sense of majaz"
Majaz is according to whom? According to the people of tahrif (distortion of a text's meaning), who say that ta'wil (figurative interpretation) is diverting the word from its apparent meaning to a meaning that contradicts the apparent meaning. You have lowered the bar, my brothers. And by this, we know that the divisions of ta'wil (figurative interpretation) are three: ta'wil in the sense of tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis); second, ta'wil in the sense of reality and outcome; and third, in the sense of diverting the word from its apparent meaning to a meaning that contradicts the apparent meaning. This meaning is the second sense of majaz mentioned by the author, but it is the terminology of whom? It is the terminology of the later scholars. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This meaning of ta'wil was not known until after the three blessed centuries". Otherwise, ta'wil in the Qur'an, the Sunnah, and the speech of the Companions means tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis) or outcome and result, and never means diverting the word from its apparent meaning. And what he (may Allah have mercy on him) said is correct, for the meaning of ta'wil well-known among many of the later scholars is a newly emerged meaning that was not known before.
"And you know that the reality of ta'wil (figurative interpretation) is the truth, not the second sense of majaz"
Majaz is according to whom? According to the people of tahrif (distortion of a text's meaning), who say that ta'wil (figurative interpretation) is diverting the word from its apparent meaning to a meaning that contradicts the apparent meaning. You have lowered the bar, my brothers. And by this, we know that the divisions of ta'wil (figurative interpretation) are three: ta'wil in the sense of tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis); second, ta'wil in the sense of reality and outcome; and third, in the sense of diverting the word from its apparent meaning to a meaning that contradicts the apparent meaning. This meaning is the second sense of majaz mentioned by the author, but it is the terminology of whom? It is the terminology of the later scholars. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This meaning of ta'wil was not known until after the three blessed centuries". Otherwise, ta'wil in the Qur'an, the Sunnah, and the speech of the Companions means tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis) or outcome and result, and never means diverting the word from its apparent meaning. And what he (may Allah have mercy on him) said is correct, for the meaning of ta'wil well-known among many of the later scholars is a newly emerged meaning that was not known before.