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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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And the evidence for that is: the hearing, and the intellect. As for the hearing: His saying, the Exalted: {The trustworthy Spirit brought it down.

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The Shaykh :"For this, there are evidences from the hearing and the intellect:
As for the hearing: His saying, the Exalted:
(193) The Trustworthy Spirit has brought it down (194) Upon your heart, [O Muhammad] - that you may be of the warners - نزل به الروح الأمين على قلبك لتكون من المنذرين
[Ash-Shu'ara 26:193-194]
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Allah, Mighty and Majestic, mentioned that this Qur'an was brought down by the trustworthy Spirit. The trustworthy Spirit is Jibril, and He described him with trustworthiness so that no one would say, perhaps he betrayed by hiding something, adding something, or altering it, because the occasion is a great occasion, the occasion of conveying the speech of the Lord, Mighty and Majestic, to whom? To His servants. So the one sent with it must be trustworthy; he must be trustworthy, otherwise doubt and hesitation would arise. So Allah, Mighty and Majestic, affirmed the trustworthiness of the intermediary between Him and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), who is Jibril, that he is trustworthy. Then He mentioned the place of the descent: is it upon the hearing only? Or upon the heart, which is the place of consciousness? The answer is the second: upon your heart. Because a person may hear something but not fully understand it, but if it is descending upon the heart, which is the place of consciousness, preservation, and perception, this becomes stronger in its establishment. Then He explained the cause of this descent, meaning the wisdom. He said:
that you may be of the warners - لتكون من المنذرين
[Ash-Shu'ara 26:194]
And we are not in a position to explain the benefits of the verse, because the purpose is to use it as evidence for this principle.
In a clear Arabic language. بلسانٍ عربيٍ مبين
[Ash-Shu'ara 26:195]
In a tongue: this is connected to "brought down" or connected to His saying:
and it is indeed a revelation وإنه لتنزيل
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In an Arabic tongue: "tongue" means the Arabic language spoken by the Arabs, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) was sent to the Arabs. And Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said:
And We did not send any messenger except [speaking] in the language of his people to state clearly for them وما أرسلنا من رسول إلا بلسان قومه ليبين لهم
[Ibrahim 14:4]
So the Qur'an was in an Arabic tongue.
Clear: Is "clear" (mubin) meaning distinct, or clear meaning manifest, or both? Both. Because "aban" can be intransitive and transitive. It is said, "aban al-subh" meaning it became distinct, and it is said, "aban al-khafi" meaning he clarified and manifested it. So it is distinct in itself, and it clarifies what is hidden. In a clear Arabic tongue, and it explains the thing. And if it was brought down in an Arabic tongue, what is obligatory when we recite the Noble Qur'an? We must interpret its verses according to what the Arabic tongue indicates. Answer, everyone? Yes. If we do not do so, we have distorted the words from their places. " And Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said:
Indeed, We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur'an that you might understand. إنا أنزلناه قرآناً عربياً لعلكم تعقلون
[Yusuf 12:2]
— And His saying "with the damma" is a conjunction to His saying — As for the hearing. And His saying:
Indeed, We have made it an Arabic Qur'an that you might understand. إنا جعلناه قرآناً عربياً لعلكم تعقلون
[Az-Zukhruf 43:3]
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We revealed it as an Arabic Qur'an. The pronoun in "We revealed it" is the object, and "as an Arabic Qur'an" is a state (hal), meaning the state of it being an Arabic Qur'an, attributed to the language of the Arabs. So it cannot be attributed to any other language, and it is not possible to manifest by it what this Arabic language indicates. We revealed it as an Arabic Qur'an. The pronoun in "We revealed it" is the object, and "as an Arabic Qur'an" is a state, meaning the state of it being an Arabic Qur'an, attributed to the language of the Arabs. So it cannot be attributed to any other, and it is not possible to manifest by it what this Arabic language indicates. And it is sufficient for the Arabic language in pride that the Noble Qur'an is attributed to it: as an Arabic Qur'an.
The second verse:
Indeed, We have made it an Arabic Qur'an إنا جعلناه قرآنا عربيا
[Az-Zukhruf 43:3]
Why? For a wisdom. He said:
that you may understand لعلكم تعقلون
Meaning you understand its meaning and comprehend its meaning. On what is this meaning based? On what the Arabic tongue requires.
The Jahmiyyah used His saying, the Exalted:
Indeed, We have made it an Arabic Qur'an إنا جعلناه قرآنا عربيا
[Az-Zukhruf 43:3]
as evidence that the Qur'an is created. But this evidence is not correct, because the meaning of "We made it in the Arabic language" is We made it in this Arabic tongue. And is it speech or other than speech? Speech. And the speech of the Creator is not the speech of the created. So there is no evidence in it for what they said. Yes.
"And this indicates the obligation of understanding it according to what its apparent meaning requires in the Arabic tongue, except if a legal proof prevents it from that" Did you understand? It is known that since it was brought down in the Arabic tongue and Allah made it an Arabic Qur'an for us to understand it, it is obligatory for us to interpret it according to what the Arabic tongue requires, according to the apparent meaning, except if a proof indicates something that prevents it, a legal proof. If a legal proof prevents it from that, it is obligatory to interpret it according to what the proof indicates. An example of that is prayer, for instance. Prayer in the language is supplication, and in the Shari'ah it is a worship with known words and actions. Zakah in the language is growth and increase, and in the Shari'ah it is a specific right in specific wealth. Okay. And likewise, Hajj in the language is intention, and in the Shari'ah it is the intention to go to Makkah to perform the rituals. And so on. What the Shari'ah transferred from its original meaning in the language, it is a reality (haqiqah) in what the Shari'ah transferred it to. And for this, we made an exception and said: except if a legal proof prevents it from that.
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