Allah the Exalted said: << وجحدوا بها واسيقنتها أنفسهم ظلما وعلوا فانظر كيف كان عاقبة المفسدين >
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Then he said: [Surah al-Naml: 14]. The pronoun in "they denied" refers to [Surah al-Naml: 13]. Denial is rejection, and the verb "denied" is transitive in itself, but it may include the meaning of disbelief, in which case it is transitive with the preposition "by" (bi). They denied them while disbelieving in them.
Here, the denial includes the meaning of disbelief, which is why it is transitive with the preposition "by." This is because denial can be disbelief, or it can be a consideration of one of the interests. The causes of denial are multiple, for a person may ask you, "What did you do?" and you deny it for an interest you seek, not out of disbelief.
But here it is disbelief. Their denial is disbelief. What is the evidence? No. The evidence is that it is transitive with the preposition "by," and what is transitive with "by" is disbelief.
[Surah al-Naml: 14] means: They disbelieved in them through denial. They disbelieved, and yet they did not reveal it.
Therefore, the author says: "Meaning: They did not acknowledge", meaning they did not acknowledge them. Not acknowledging them means disbelief. The author used "did not acknowledge" for two reasons: The first reason is to maintain the transitivity with the preposition "by," because the verb "acknowledge" (aqara) is transitive with "by."
The second reason is, in his opinion, that this does not imply concealing them from those who asked for them. Because the author seems to have placed the denial in the negation of acknowledgment, but we do not agree with this interpretation.
First: He interpreted the affirmative with the negative. Or not? Denial is affirmative; not acknowledging is negative.
Second: With this interpretation, he misses a meaning indicated by the verse, which is their concealment of these verses if they were asked about them. For a person not acknowledging something is not the same as denying and concealing it from others. So, the verse should be kept as it is, and it should be said that the denial was transitive with "by" because it includes the meaning of disbelief, and it indicates two things: concealing them when asked, and disbelieving in them when presented.
...And there is no need for us to say that the verse is more eloquent than what the author mentioned, but we say that the author's interpretation of it is questionable from two aspects:
The first aspect: Interpreting the affirmative with the negative, and this is a deficiency.
The second: He missed a meaning, which is denial when asked. So, it is disbelief when presented and denial when requested.
And they rejected them, while their [inner] selves were convinced thereof
وَجَحَدُوا بِهَا وَاسْتَيْقَنَتْهَا أَنْفُسُهُمْPharaoh and his people
فِرْعَوْنَ وَقَوْمِهِHere, the denial includes the meaning of disbelief, which is why it is transitive with the preposition "by." This is because denial can be disbelief, or it can be a consideration of one of the interests. The causes of denial are multiple, for a person may ask you, "What did you do?" and you deny it for an interest you seek, not out of disbelief.
But here it is disbelief. Their denial is disbelief. What is the evidence? No. The evidence is that it is transitive with the preposition "by," and what is transitive with "by" is disbelief.
And they denied it
وَجَحَدُوا بِهَاTherefore, the author says: "Meaning: They did not acknowledge", meaning they did not acknowledge them. Not acknowledging them means disbelief. The author used "did not acknowledge" for two reasons: The first reason is to maintain the transitivity with the preposition "by," because the verb "acknowledge" (aqara) is transitive with "by."
The second reason is, in his opinion, that this does not imply concealing them from those who asked for them. Because the author seems to have placed the denial in the negation of acknowledgment, but we do not agree with this interpretation.
First: He interpreted the affirmative with the negative. Or not? Denial is affirmative; not acknowledging is negative.
Second: With this interpretation, he misses a meaning indicated by the verse, which is their concealment of these verses if they were asked about them. For a person not acknowledging something is not the same as denying and concealing it from others. So, the verse should be kept as it is, and it should be said that the denial was transitive with "by" because it includes the meaning of disbelief, and it indicates two things: concealing them when asked, and disbelieving in them when presented.
...And there is no need for us to say that the verse is more eloquent than what the author mentioned, but we say that the author's interpretation of it is questionable from two aspects:
The first aspect: Interpreting the affirmative with the negative, and this is a deficiency.
The second: He missed a meaning, which is denial when asked. So, it is disbelief when presented and denial when requested.