Discussion regarding the verse: (( Alif Lam )).
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I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the accursed. In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. [Ali 'Imran 3:2-6]
The Shaykh : What do you say about the saying of the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:255] ?
The student : We say these are letters with which Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, began, and He brought them as a challenge,
The Shaykh : He began some of the surahs with them, yes.
The Shaykh : And do they have a meaning or not? The student : It was said they have no meaning and their knowledge is with Allah,The Shaykh : and the correct opinion is that they have a meaning, no, no, if you say their knowledge is with Allah, you cannot say they have no meaning and they have no meaning, yes, the one who delegates does not affirm or deny, and the correct opinion is that Allah the Exalted brought them as a challenge, the question is do they have a meaning? We do not want to know do they have a purpose? Do they have a meaning in themselves or not? The stronger opinion is that they have no meaning, not known or unknown, like that, or not? Yes, good, what is the evidence that this is the stronger opinion? Because no meanings for these letters have come in the Book or the Sunnah, no, yes, Ahmad? These letters have no meaning because the Qur'an was revealed in a clear Arabic language, and these letters are thus joined together, they have no meaning in the Arabic language, and consequently, by virtue of the fact that the Qur'an is in the Arabic language, we say: they have no meaning.
The Shaykh : Ahmad, if we say they have no meaning, does that make it frivolity?
The student : And Allah, Mighty and Majestic, is free from frivolity,
The Shaykh : It has a purpose, which is the challenge to the Arabs, where this Qur'an did not come in a new language so that they would say, "By Allah, we do not know this language," but it came in the Arabic language, composed of the letters that are composed of the known letters that they know, and yet they were unable to produce anything like it.
Good, what testifies to considering this purpose, what testifies and supports the opinion with this purpose? That usually, when this alphabetic section is mentioned, the Qur'an is mentioned after it, such as: [Ali 'Imran 3:2-3]
(2) Allah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence. (3) He has sent down upon you, [O Muhammad], the Book in truth, confirming what was before it. And He revealed the Torah and the Gospel. (4) Before, as guidance for the people. And He revealed the Qur'an. Indeed, those who disbelieve in the verses of Allah will have a severe punishment, and Allah is exalted in Might, the Owner of Retribution. (5) Indeed, from Allah nothing is hidden in the earth nor in the heaven. (6) It is He who forms you in the wombs however He wills. There is no deity except Him, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
الم الله لا إله إلا هو الحي القيوم نزل عليك الكتاب بالحق مصدقا لما بين يديه وأنزل التوراة والإنجيل من قبل هدى للناس وأنزل الفرقان إن الذين كفروا بآيات الله لهم عذاب شديد والله عزيز ذو انتقام، إن الله لا يخفى عليه شيء في الأرض ولا في السماء هو الذي يصوركم في الأرحام كيف يشاء لا إله إلا هو العزيز الحكيمThe Shaykh : What do you say about the saying of the Exalted:
Allah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of [all] existence
الم الله لا إله إلا هو الحي القيومThe student :
Alif Lam Mim
المThe Shaykh : He began some of the surahs with them, yes.
The Shaykh : And do they have a meaning or not? The student : It was said they have no meaning and their knowledge is with Allah,The Shaykh : and the correct opinion is that they have a meaning, no, no, if you say their knowledge is with Allah, you cannot say they have no meaning and they have no meaning, yes, the one who delegates does not affirm or deny, and the correct opinion is that Allah the Exalted brought them as a challenge, the question is do they have a meaning? We do not want to know do they have a purpose? Do they have a meaning in themselves or not? The stronger opinion is that they have no meaning, not known or unknown, like that, or not? Yes, good, what is the evidence that this is the stronger opinion? Because no meanings for these letters have come in the Book or the Sunnah, no, yes, Ahmad? These letters have no meaning because the Qur'an was revealed in a clear Arabic language, and these letters are thus joined together, they have no meaning in the Arabic language, and consequently, by virtue of the fact that the Qur'an is in the Arabic language, we say: they have no meaning.
The Shaykh : Ahmad, if we say they have no meaning, does that make it frivolity?
The student : And Allah, Mighty and Majestic, is free from frivolity,
The Shaykh : It has a purpose, which is the challenge to the Arabs, where this Qur'an did not come in a new language so that they would say, "By Allah, we do not know this language," but it came in the Arabic language, composed of the letters that are composed of the known letters that they know, and yet they were unable to produce anything like it.
Good, what testifies to considering this purpose, what testifies and supports the opinion with this purpose? That usually, when this alphabetic section is mentioned, the Qur'an is mentioned after it, such as: