Continuation of the exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “And remember what is recited in your homes of the verses of Allah and wisdom”
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except for her blanket. The wives of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not receive revelation while he was under their blankets, except Aisha. And his saying:
What is recited in your homes
مَا يُتْلَى فِي بُيُوتِكُنَّis recited
يتلى[This is] a blessed Book which We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], that they might reflect upon its verses and that those of understanding would be reminded.
كِتَابٌ أَنزَلْنَاهُ إِلَيْكَ مُبَارَكٌ لِيَدَّبَّرُوا آيَاتِهِ وَلِيَتَذَكَّرَ أُوْلُوا الأَلْبَابِwhat is recited in your houses of the verses of Allah and wisdom
مَا يُتْلَى فِي بُيُوتِكُنَّ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ وَالْحِكْمَةِthe verses of Allah
آيات اللهRather, the Qur'an is distinct verses [preserved] within the breasts of those who have been given knowledge
بَلْ هُوَ آيَاتٌ بَيِّنَاتٌ فِي صُدُورِ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَCosmic verses: These are what Allah the Exalted creates and will create in this universe. All of it is signs and markers of its Creator, Mighty and Majestic, due to the exquisite craftsmanship and the perfect wise system that does not contradict or conflict. For this reason, Allah the Exalted said:
Allah has not taken any son, nor has there ever been with Him any deity. [If there had been], then each deity would have taken what it created, and some of them would have sought to overcome others.
مَا اتَّخَذَ اللَّهُ مِنْ وَلَدٍ وَمَا كَانَ مَعَهُ مِنْ إِلَهٍ إِذًا لَذَهَبَ كُلُّ إِلَهٍ بِمَا خَلَقَ وَلَعَلا بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍAs for legislative verses: These are what the messengers brought from revelation. They are called verses, O Isa, because they are signs of their legislator and the One who sent them down, due to the organization of benefits and the removal of harms in them. For the entire Shari'ah is about obtaining benefits and reducing harms. Therefore, there is nothing that contains a predominant or pure benefit except that the Shari'ah commands it, and there is nothing that contains a pure or predominant harm except that the Shari'ah forbids it. But some benefits we perceive with our minds, and some harms we perceive with our minds, and some we do not perceive, but we know with certainty that the implication of the wisdom of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and one of His names is the Wise, is that He cannot command except what contains a benefit, either pure or predominant, and He does not forbid except what contains a harm, either pure or predominant. For this reason, the books sent down from the sky are called verses because they are signs of the One who legislated them, Glorified and Exalted is He, and the One who sent them down.
