Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Qur’anic Sciences in 30 Days Part 13 Where is Allah and the Ambiguous Verses
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Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato. Our Dear friends welcome
to the 13th session in the series on the sciences of the Quran. We
started Name of Allah Bismillah R Rahman Rahim Al hamdu Lillahi wa
Salatu was Salam o Allah so even more serene while he was happy, he
Baraka was seldom at the Sleeman girthier on Eli on with Dean Amma
bad. So we yesterday we were discussing the topic of the mahkum
and the Moto shall be the clear verses and the somewhat ambiguous
verses and we talked about the various different opinions
regarding that whether there are any verses in the Quran that can
never be understood. And there was a difference of opinion about
that. There was a large group that believes that yes, there are
verses in the Quran that only Allah subhanaw taala knows its
meaning and try as you might, you will never understand the meaning
of that the proper meaning at least. But then there's also
another decent sized group which actually believes that you can
understand it. And so we discussed that in a bit of detail. And these
kinds of verses than with a shabby heart versus Mr. Moto shall be hot
versus the ambiguous versus or unclear versus they are of
different categories. Yesterday, we started to discuss one category
of them, which are the attributes that seem to discuss certain
attributes of Allah subhanho wa taala. And it seems like the
attributes that are used are what we use for human beings. So
there's been some confusion created, and has also actually led
some people to start believing and thinking that Allah subhanaw taala
has human characteristics, which obviously is a major problem, and
is a blasphemy against Allah subhanaw taala because Allah
subhanaw taala as he says in another verse, Lisa committed to
he Sheikh, he is unlike anything, he is not like anything else. So
then how do we understand those verses? I gave one example
yesterday, that it's like, Allah subhanaw taala is using our human
language to try to give one some perspective of who he is and what
he is to give us using words that we understand. That doesn't make
us then that should not then make us think that he is a human being
or has any kind of human characteristics and so on. Just
like when we say that when we see adults speaking to children in
that childish mode, childish wording, childless style, that
doesn't mean that adults become children. It's just what they're
doing is to try to make them understand and communicate with
them and make them understand that communication. So there were two
opinions about this approach to the verses like Allah has hand
discussed in the Quran Hand of Allah discussing the Quran or the
face of Allah discussing the Quran or the shin. It says Yama ukef
will answer when it says that the day when the shin will be
revealed. So there's that discussion as well. Now, if you
start thinking that all of these are Hachiko and literal, then the
problem is that you're creating some really strange concept in
your mind about Allah subhanaw taala. So that's why the earliest
scholars their idea was that look, we're not going to get into
describing what these things are or even insisting that it's
reality it's, it's Haqiqa it's a literal meaning or it's a
metaphorical meaning we're just gonna leave it to Allah subhanaw
taala we pass it the way Allah subhanaw taala has mentioned that
we agree with whatever Allah intends by its meaning, and Allah
knows best its meaning and we believe in it. And that was fine
at that time, because there was nobody to challenge that there was
not that much deviancy However later on. There were people who
are insisting on incorrect absolutely absolutely incorrect,
meaning anthropomorphic meanings actually trying to attribute
meanings, human like attributes Allah subhanaw taala, they were a
group called the majeste Sema, the corporate realists are the
anthropomorphise, essentially saying that God has a body, right?
God has human like features, and things like that. I mean, there's
lots of other religions that believe these kinds of ideas
anyway, but we do not want that to come into Islam. So that's why
we're seeing what the latest scholars started saying is that we
can interpret these and I gave one example that the concept of hand
can mean assistance can mean power. Right? So that's why they
said that this is completely fine. And when you when, when in the
verse, Allah subhanaw taala says for a number two, well loofa
Mottola, that whichever direction you face and they're in you will
find the countenance of Allah, the countenance he actually refers to
the entity of Allah, Allah Himself. Generally, in many
places, when you talk about the face, the face is used to
represent the entire body. You mentioned the face that His face
looked very sad. Obviously, that doesn't mean that his face is
said, Right? What's the point of somebody's face being said? It
means the person is sad, or my chalet looks very happy. His face
looks very How do you know he's happy? Well, sometimes you can
tell by body language, but sometimes you look at just the
face you can tell somebody's happy because of the smile that
represents the entire body. So the face in many languages is used to
represent an entire body. That's why Allah subhanaw taala himself
says regarding people in the Hereafter, would you in Yama even
now there what would you
we all move in Bursera, right Allah subhanaw taala is discussing
faces, they are downcast or they are resplendent, they are excited
that the purpose of saying that such people's faces will be like
that on the Day of Judgment is showing how they feel, how they
are themselves as in their essence in the entity. So, that's the way
to kind of understand this according to the latest scholars,
right?
In order to just complete this discussion quickly, without going
into the various different
details on this. So if we do go with the literal approach, and we
say no face actually means face, and hand actually means hand and
chin actually means Shin, then there's some Hadith which say that
Allah subhanaw taala if you walk to him, he will run to you. Right?
If you know what, what are you trying to create? You know, it
says that in the last third portion of the night, Allah is
closest to the servant. It says, it actually says in the Hadith
that Allah descends from the seventh to the first heaven, and
he descends. Now does Allah move that creates the idea that Allah
moves whereas Allah is beyond all of that kind of stuff, Allah
starting to attribute these kinds of things to Allah subhanaw taala
makes it highly problematic. That's why the absolute
overwhelming majority of Allah except those who are literalist,
or who were anthropomorphise, you know, they just kept this and
said, Allah knows best way it's meaningless. And the later on they
said, look, it just means that Allah is close to you, like, you
know, so he will accept you to us. That's the time we need to ask the
accepted last portion of the nicest time for the Hajj, and so
on. I explained to you what the early scholars said. They said,
just leave it and consign it to Allah subhanaw taala dutifully
consign it to Allah subhanaw taala. So now, what this DVM group
is saying who misunderstand this, they're saying that the early
scholars didn't say that, but they actually said something more, they
said that you must establish and agree and submit that it means
it's literal meaning, but you will, you can go far and wide and
check in any of our pious predecessors, the early
generations, none of them including Imam Malik, none of them
actually mentioned the word literal meaning they just said, is
the one who maloom his sdwa his being under his his, his
establishment on the throne is known why because from the Quran,
Allah subhanaw taala mentions it otherwise, we would never know it.
So we know it, it's there. It's mentioned in the Quran, we can't
deny it. But it's honus. How it is what that means. That is
inconceivable. You cannot conceive a center later on that recall. He
said it's not conceivable. So then we that's why we leave the
knowledge of nowhere in here does He say, but you must accept its
literal meaning. Once you start accepting literal meanings,
there's a problem. Now what they do to try to offset that because
once you start taking literal meaning hand mean hand, right?
Face means face, then. So then that means the problems come up
with that I explained earlier. So to avoid those problems, they then
try to say, oh, but it's in a way that benefits Allah, he has a hand
that in a way that benefits him a face, but in a way that benefits
him already. So they try to say that Allah is not like anybody
else. And he doesn't have a face like everybody else, but he does
have a face. So rather than just leave it, they insist to save
that. Now, the problem with that, is that this is actually a it's a
contradiction, what they're saying. They see see face, but
it's not. It's in a way that befits Allah. What does that do to
your mind is what the problem is? What does that do? It's just an
untenable opinion. It's just not an opinion that works. Because
what it does, is that it's number one self contradictory, it's moot.
It's a mutual contradiction, in a sense, because what you get from
the literal meaning of hand or face or shin or whatever, is
something and then then you're telling the person Oh, but it's a
way that we've it's Allah and is not like the human hand. But
you're already taking somebody in the direction to think of it
physically already, then you just think oh, but it's a way that
benefits him. Not good enough. That's why what you find that a
lot of these people and I've dealt with some people like that, right?
Who actually then do believe that Allah does have a limb, narrows
Avila are older bIllahi min ash shaytani R rajim. I will below him
in a shade like they actually then believe that they don't even
realize sometimes because there is a very fine balance in what you
have, you know what they're trying to say? Even if it's, you know, if
you can even consider it correct in any sense. And they just they
just can't deal with it. That's why it's the wrong opinion to have
our real selves. They just said Leave it to Allah subhanho wa
taala. Now, let's look at a few of these verses and see what a lie
saying. Allah says
I'm all in for the lobby. I did, he made me. Now I'm going to read
these verses. I'm going to read these verses. And I want you to
try to see what you understand from this. What is Allah trying to
tell us? Allah says, say that the grace, all grace is in the hands
of Allah, He gives it to whom he wishes. Now telling me is Allah
subhanaw taala literally emphasizing that it's in his
physical hand of some sort, a literal hand of some sort.
When you have grace, you don't have it in your hand anyway, even
human beings, they have it in their heart, it's a behavior, it's
something that they do for others. So it means that it's in Allah's
control. Allah has grace that He gives to whomever he wishes he
didn't belong belongs to him. Number two, look at this verse.
The Baroque gallery via the hill MOLKO, who are either coalition in
court, the famous verse, bless it, is He in Whose Hand who's yet here
whose hand is all the kingdom, all the power, right? All the
sovereignty, and he is he has ability of everything. What's the
point of saying it's in his hand? What What's the emphasis on the
hand? It's just a figure of speech to say, it's all in all in his
hand, which means that he controls everything. It doesn't have to be
physically in his hand at all. And when nobody believes that they're
physically everything is in Allah's hands that alive and has a
hand to do that. Okay, number two, number three, the third verse
Belia, the Houma bills who taught any new field okay if Aisha now
this is a discussion that some of the hoods said that Allah subhanaw
taala is stingy and
his hands are tied. So, which is to say that he doesn't give them
whatever, there was a discussion about that. So Allah subhanho wa
Taala says, No, but Yoda who his two hands are completely
widespread, are open our extended, he's UniFi cook a fish and he can
spend as he wishes. Now, in our own speech, we say mashallah, he's
got a very free hand.
He's got a very tight, he's very tight *.
Now, when you say tight *, that doesn't mean that he's got
his money in his hand, and he's holding anyone give it to anybody,
it could be in his bank, it couldn't be in his pocket. Right?
Isn't that the way we take these things? When you say that he
mashallah he's got very free hands, he's got very free hands,
which means that He gives he gives, right even though he may
not physically be giving us his hands at all, or he may be telling
somebody give them. So I don't know why they insist on these
things. And it just made a big deal out of this right, it became
such a big deal in the last 1015 years that they started quoting
people caffeine if they didn't believe in literal meaning,
whereas that is not its meaning. Anyway, and that's not what the
seller said. The third, the fourth of us, Allah says was
Benina be AB, we're in the mood here on the heavens, we made with
the hands in the plural sense here. And we are the ones with the
expansion or, you know, with the ability. Now, you see the word
here has been the word for hand has been used in a singular, yet
be a Dilla, B or D, it's been using the duel in the, you know,
where he means to yada, right, which means to and it's also been
mentioned in the plural of aid, which essentially refers to more
than multiple. Now, are you trying to say that Allah has multiple
hands, Allah has one hand too, and I mean, how you, if you start
taking this literally, you're going to end up with a lot of
problem. That's why again, the other Ma said, we leave it to
Allah subhanaw taala. And the later Allah Ma said, it's clear
what it means it means in his possession in his control, he owns
this, that's what it means we humans use this word in that way.
Anyway, that's why Allah subhanaw taala is telling us at our level,
using those words that don't insist that he actually has a hand
and that you know, when you see the adult speaking to children,
that you think that the adult is a child now, because they're using
words like doo doo, or something like that. Right. Now, I'll quote
to you from one of the most prominent more festivals that we
already introduced you and many of you will know about. And what
makes this really really interesting is that this professor
from this Tafseer, of Imam of the imam who is actually a student of
even a Tamia. Now, why is that? Why is that point? A lot of this
literalism, actually is taken from ignorance. Amy has view this is
one of WHY DIDN'T Potamia Rahim Allah was a major scholar in many,
many aspects. This is where majority of scholars say that he
had blundered in a major way in trying to insist on the literal
meaning of these things. Now his own student who is actually buried
right next to him. This is what he says regarding all of these
verses. So let's start with the first verse. All In Alfred blobby
They say that all the grace is in the hands of Allah. He says Al
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Allah's disposal.
He has the right to do what he wishes with them. Well who will
Mati almani He's the one who gives and he's the one who prevents Yama
know Allah Manisha will be Iman will tell me what the source of it
and he is the one who bestows on whoever whomever he wishes, Iman
knowledge and absolute disposal. Nowhere in here is he insisting
that it's in Allah's physical hand but if you see scholars who are
from that particular the minority, they would actually insist look it
says hand and they kind of insist on highlighting it everywhere as
though it's like some big deal that you must insist on doing it.
Right? We actually said it's wrong that's why I'm looking at here
just passes it and just mentions the general meaning and
signification of that number two, do Allah He folk or add him?
Allah's hand is above their hands. A him look as he says who or how
they don't matter whom Allah is present with them. Yes, smart will
acquire the home he can hear their voices when they're giving the
pledge where you're on McConnell, whom he can see their position,
where Alamo dama Iran was a lie to him and he has absolute knowledge
of the internal feelings and the external states for who Tada. So
it is he most Hi, Al mobilya. We will see Tati Rasulullah
sallallahu Sallam who's also undertake who's also taking the
pledge, but through the means of His Messenger SallAllahu Sallam
because they were taking the pledge right with the Prophet
salallahu Alaihe Salam. So he's saying that the prophets Allah
Islam is representing Allah, so they are pledging with Allah but
not with Allah's hand obviously because Allah doesn't have a hand
like that. Right? That he they doing it with the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wasallam
again, no discussion of hand as a physical hand or that it is a hand
but don't say Don't say this or don't say that or that it's
befitting Allah whatever none of that discussion. Number three,
what belly to belly ADA whomever sued Potter new fear, okay if
Aisha Allah's hands are open, outstretched, extended, he spends
however, he wishes, a bill who will was it will follow that Allah
subhanaw taala is expansive in His grace, Al Jazeera artha.
Huge and abundant and general in giving Magna meanness and giving
Allah the moment Shane in law in the who has a you know, that he is
such that
he has the treasures of everything, he has the endless
supply of everything. Again, he gives a metaphorical meaning the
undoes the general signification of that. Now let's move on to the
next verse, or Rama and while our Xi stoer, our Mern while Outreachy
stoer is several places where Allah has mentioned this in
different ways. Now, Allah subhanaw taala saying sort of
allowed off in the common law who will lead the hall up as the will
all of the things that he a year mean, Mr. Either louche, verse 24
sort of out of that your Lord is the One Who created the heavens
and earth in six days, and then he was established on the throne.
Then he did sdwa on the throne.
Then he sort of to thaw verse five and six Allah says Aurora nine
while our ships that were the Houma this summer, where do you
want to feel already been Houma data Thoreau, the Raman the Most
Merciful One is established on his throne. For Him belongs everything
that is in the heavens and that which is in the earth and that
which is between them and that which is below the flower and the
the land and everything as well. Thereafter that insert of such
that verse for Allah subhanho wa Taala says, Allah will let the
Holocaust summer the will of the bay you know whom if he said that
he
must have either louche murder Camille Dooney him in Bali you
Allah Shafi Allah is the One Who created the heavens and the earth
now you know some hours and oldman heavens and the earth and
everything that is between them in six Days. Then he was established
on his Arsh on his throne, and you don't have any caretaker, any
friend or any intercessor besides Allah subhanaw taala now Imam it
look a thief again we take him because he's the best example
here. Best person take from you regarding the verse in spiritual
art of semester where she says, In nama use local vehicle mahkamah
method was solid method was Salafi sila,
he says, the path to to undertake now this is the first time he
actually talks about even that discussion. He says, The path to
take at this instance is
is the opinion of the righteous predecessors, Malik Ozeri 30
Latham new sad Shafi. Ahmed no humble is how Kimura Raha ora
away. All of these people, we should take their path and others
from the Imams of the muslimeen, both of the old and of the later
ones, which is and then he explains, Now look here, there's
not a single place where he says Hachiko as what these people
quote, a claim. He says, well here Imran ruhakana just mean lady tech
even while atashi him while at the Athenian. So what he's saying here
very simply is the opinion of all of these people from early and
late. And he mentioned some of these big individuals, he says is
to pass these verses as they have been transmitted to pass these
verses as they've been revealed, without discussing the turkeys
which discussing the wholeness of how this is, well atashi hint
without causing any resemblance, right with anything Wella
tattletale and also not canceling them, not canceling it out and
saying that no, this does not exist that this verse does not
exist is to just leave it exactly as it is. Although he will put her
back there Ill of honey l Masha be Hina Mumfie, you and Angela. And
that apparent meaning that comes to the minds of those who like to
cause resemblance with Allah subhanaw taala to creation that is
negated from Allah. That is for sure. Because Allah says Lisa can
be cliche, anyway, for in Allah Allah you should be who who shall
you mean? hulky? He says, Because Allah subhanaw taala does not
resemble in any way his creation? Why? Because Allah says, lays the
committed he shaved in what was semi in bossier. There is nothing
like unto him, there is nothing like unto Him. And He is the old
listening and all the and all seeing.
And then he says this, and this is the same way that all of these
verses, the predecessors have interpreted them in this way,
right there after that, let's move on to the opinion of the latest
ones. And we say latest scholars, because he became you can say,
agreed upon afterwards that you could do that, according to the
majority are just a small group of detractors who insisted on the
literal meaning all the time, right. But as I said to you
earlier, there's also earliest scholars from ourselves on
including the Sahaba, who did that will, who interpreted it, we
didn't
take that, what we said was the first more cautious approach that
just leave it, they actually decided to interpret it, even some
of the earliest colors, but more so the latest colors. So let's
look at that as well. For example,
if there is an interpretation of one of these words, that is very
like quick that you can clearly understand it, it's the apparent
meaning that's the way it's used in the language, then, that is
what you will say, it's completely allowed to say that, for example,
let's look at this. Allah subhanaw taala says, Well, who am I who am
I in am Akuto He is with you, I'm going to do a literal translation.
He is with you, wherever you are, he is with you, wherever you are.
Now, what are you going to understand from this? If you
understand from this, and if you take this literally, then it's
almost like saying that, wherever you are, Allah is with you
physically. There's a lot of people there's everybody's on, you
know, there's billions, there's million, there's billions of
people in the world. And Allah is individually with each of them
physically, what are you trying to say? What does that even mean?
Like if somebody wants to take this literally, can you see the
kind of connection question is going to create, so I'm here in,
you know, in my house, you are wherever you are, in whichever
country you are, and Allah is with all of us physically, that is just
Han Allah, you know, that is something we don't want to start
entertaining in that way. That's why in this particular case like
this, it's actually wajib unnecessary. The other might have
said that there's only one interpretation here, which is that
Allah is definitely with everybody that we know from his names. Allah
is definitely with everybody
in knowledge that Allah has knowledge of all of us in whatever
state we're in. So Allah is with us with knowledge. Allah is with
us in hearing that he can hear everything that you I and
everybody else is doing and he can see. And he can intend whatever he
wants with any of us at any time. And he has ability of every one of
us at any time. That's what it means that he's with you wherever
you are, ie in terms of sight, in terms of being able to see you
here, you control you do whatever he wants with you, and have
complete absolute ability over you worship to take it in that meaning
and to take it away from the literal meaning that he is
physically with you, which is just an absurd idea.
All right. And we again, this is something this is not far fetched.
It's like, Don't worry, I'll be with you. Right? I'll be keeping
tabs on you. Don't worry, you know, everything will be fine.
Right?
That's why this is what if no, Kathy now explains right? So I'll
take again what exactly you know, Kathy says, well, America Wayna
economy says, a rocky Ibn Alikum ever watchful over you, right ever
watchful over you, Shahidan Allah Armorican Hazel antem
absolute with witness to all of your actions, wherever you are, he
witnesses every one of you actions wherever you are, we're in a
quantum in Berlin oberheiden. And wherever you are, wherever you
are, or whenever you are, whenever you're doing them. And wherever
you're doing them, whether on land, or in sci fi Lane in Omaha
or in a night, during the night during the day, Phil booth, or
we'll call cover whether you're in your homes or you're outside in
the deserts. I'll Jimmy he told me he had a server, everything of
that is in his knowledge equally.
Right? That's what it means. But Allah said it in that way. Right?
Now they think that he's actually physically, you know, that that's
the problem.
Okay.
Now, the, the the second way to look at this is that way it
becomes necessary to interpret it, because there are people who are
actually taking a wrong meaning and they won't just agree to leave
it to Allah and consign its knowledge to Allah subhanaw taala
the way the early scholars said, in that case, some Allah Ma said
that it becomes necessary to interpret it to remove that kind
of ideology. Okay. So
that we don't I mean, that's when we'll give the interviewer we've
given you the ideas of how those are interpreted. However, however,
when you do interpret, and that's going to cause a problem, then you
avoid interpreting. As I said, the safest approach always, always has
been the early the majority of the early scholars approach, which is
leave it to Allah subhanaw taala. And the latest scholar said,
interpret when it's necessary, right, and as long as you don't
insist that that is the only meaning that Allah knows the
meaning best, but this is what it seems to indicate. So it's a
tentative meaning that you're providing anyway. Right. And some
people get so riled up about this, and they start calling people
caffeine about all of this and so on. That's why even though I
busted the Allah numerous places, like if you see Yama, Yaksha, for
uncertain, right, where he says that the day when the shin will be
revealed. Now, the idea of the shin being revealed is that, you
know, when you get serious, you pull up your pants, essentially,
you roll up your sleeves, you pull up your pants, and the matter gets
serious. So that is what it's referring to that it's a severe
day, it's a day of extreme turmoil and severe severity. So get ready,
and that will be the day of serious, that's what's intended.
Right. Now, to end this discussion. I want to, well,
there's two points left quickly, number one, very quickly, is
what's the point of certain words being with a Sharpie, and certain
words, words being clear. Now remember, as as I mentioned
earlier, the mock up versus the clear cut versus unambiguous
versus they are the default that is the majority of versus there's
only a minority which are motor shall be, now according to the
various descriptions that we are details and difference of opinion
we mentioned. For some people, some will be motor shall be for
others, they will not be especially if we go with the other
opinion, which is that no verse in the Quran is absolutely beyond,
you know, the understanding of human being their proof generally
is that how can Allah subhanaw taala send us something which
cannot be understood? What's the point of that? So then the others
they respond, oh, it's so that it can challenge you and say that
look, here, you're taught, you're told not to get delve into this,
and leave it and just submit because it's part of believing in
the unseen. That's their response to it. So there are both views
about this. Now those who believe that you can interpret, then
again, the question would be that what's the purpose of that? What's
the purpose of having such verses in the Quran anyway? Right, which
is
that they're difficult. So there's a number of reasons. Firstly,
Allah subhanho wa Taala has used the Quran to guide people and also
to challenge the disbelievers of that time the Arabs. Now they had
they were very proud and arrogant about their eloquence and their
effective speech and their ability to write wonderful writing and
clarity of speech and everything and have it very succinct and so
brief and use their metaphors and alliterations and, you know, the,
all of these other different
techniques in good writing, write, indications and significations and
so on. So the Quran was revealed, according to that. So that's why
it makes some of these aspects difficult because when you're
going to write something in these complex ways, sometimes it's going
to be difficult, but you might be able to work out the meaning of
it. Number two,
Allah subhanho wa Taala did this to test the people, the believers
through the Quran, that look, these are words that you are them
with a Shabbiha we've mentioned to them with a Shabbat so don't go
after them. If you go after them, even though we've told you to
stop, he means you're looking for fitna, for example, you might say
but what kind of a test is that? Well, Allah subhanaw taala says
regular inserter Bacara regarding dilute soul, right in Allah Musa
Tilikum Vina remember when the army was going regarding those
that Islam dilute and then go live? That comes later? Right
Giroud that comes later. It's saying that you're going to soon
come upon a lake in Allah who moved the de camino, her firm and
Sheri Berman, who Felisa Mini, and whoever drinks from it is not from
me anymore. Right?
And whoever you know, dozen, then he's from me. Now there's a lake,
why can't you drink from it? Well, it was a test Allah wanted to
give. So likewise, Allah wants to test with so some of these verses
like if la meme, how I mean, he wants you to say, okay, Allah
knows best, it's me. That's why when you look at the tough series,
you'll see many of them will say Allahu Allah will be more arty.
And if lamium Allah is best is most aware of its meaning Allah is
the one who's aware of its meaning. So that is some of the
understanding of this, okay, of the reasoning, there's a few other
points before we end, those those scholars who say that, look,
there's nothing in the Quran to say that there's some things in
the ground that you will never understand. That's very, very
difficult to say. And the reason is that if you make an effort,
that's their opinion, if you make an effort, you will be able to
understand it. So then why make some things like that, then if
what's their answer to that? What's the purpose of this then?
Well, they say that, if we kept all the verses at the same level,
then how would you differentiate between people? How would people
make an effort if everything in the Quran was just clear cut and
so clear cut, then you just read it like that and get bored,
there'll be no effort that you put behind it. So that's why Allah
subhanho wa Taala has made the Quran a treasure, in a sense that
there are many verses which are very clear, the majority are like
that. But there are some parts which you're going to have to make
an effort you're going to need to look in Hadith, you're going to
have to compare it other verses, you're going to have to wrack your
brains ponder, reflect, and then you will be able to come up with
it. So Allah subhanaw taala by this gives to people, right, who
make an effort. So as I mentioned to you before, I think Sheikh
Anwar Shah Kashmiri in Ramadan would just do wonders of the
Quran, not read it for the sake of reading it. But the whole day from
morning to evening. All he would do was just ponder over its
Bulava. Its rhetoric. Its its effective style. That's all I'm
that's how long and he says that Allah subhanaw taala has given him
so much because of doing that. But this subject is such regarding the
effectiveness of the Quran that many other people don't actually
have. Understanding of it. It's only open to few to appreciate
that. Now regarding things like okay, the time of the day of
judgment, well, the verse says Only Allah subhanaw taala knows
it. So the verse is actually quite clear in the sense that only Allah
knows the time of the day of judgment. Now, the fact is, who
knows that or not, that's beyond. That's not the verse of the Quran.
The versatile Quran says that Allah subhanaw taala is the only
one who knows when the day of judgment is going to occur. Well,
that's quite clear, in terms of okay, now when the day of judgment
is and that's unseen, that's a point beyond the what the Quran is
saying. That's exactly what the Quran is saying. So you actually
understand the verse anyway. Likewise, Paradise and *, we,
those who use that as an example, well, Allah describes what
whatever there is, and of course, we can't see it until we go there
afterwards. But at least we've understood the verse, the fact
that we can understand what the deeper meaning is, Allah subhana
wa, tada talks about that, but we'll order that before the Day of
Judgment, there's going to be a certain beast that will come out
right and emerge for the people. Now, that's what Allah tells us.
Well, we know that that much. We know whatever Allah tells us that
much we know. Now beyond that, what the meaning of that word is
going to look like? Well, we don't know that. But they're saying that
that does not affect the fact that you've understood the verse at
least have what it's trying to tell you, at least in a basic
level, because there's some things which what you will understand
from it immediately is you'll understand the detail immediately.
There's some things which you'll understand the general idea of it,
but you won't understand in detail unless you make an effort. And
there's some things that you may never understand the full detail
because it was not intended to be told to you, but at least the
basic idea is there. And we know that Allah says that there's going
to be a beast that will come out of the ground. So we know that
much. That's what the verse is saying and we know that much that
That's what they're arguing about. That's what they're saying. The
last point then for today is a lot of you are wondering that talk a
bit more about the whole roof Macatawa at the LF la meme and so
on. So remember the motor shall be hot, what are they have the Quran
will one are those verses which we don't understand the meaning of
it. And it could be something as simple as where Allah subhanaw
taala says in certain inheritance cases, that if there are two of
them, they will get two thirds. And if there's one of them,
they'll get half. What about if there's more than two sisters?
What will they get? There is no discussion there. Right? So you're
gonna have to make an effort to find out what that is. That's why
they make could be a difference of opinion. They're in another place
Allah subhanaw taala says
there's, if there's one of them, they'll get half fallenness. And
if there's more than two, than they get two thirds, but he
doesn't talk about two in that case. So that's motor shabby. That
is confusing, right? So motor shabby could be those kinds of as
well where there's a point missing, a point has been omitted
has been left out.
Sometimes it could be let's take this verse laser can be funny he
shaped laser cutter Mythili he shave. Now if you were to do this
Lee literally it says laser there is not girl means similar to
missile also mean similar to there is no similar to the similar of
Allah.
Now if you were to look at this literally what it really means is
literally is there is nothing similar to this to something which
is similar to Allah.
What's the point of that? Well, that is actually seen as emphasis
to say there is absolutely nothing similar to Allah, such that even
if you imagine something similar to Allah, that be nothing else
similar to that. Others have said no, what it is, is that this calf
here and mythical they both have the same meaning one of them is
considered to be superfluous or extra, right? Others say No, how
can you say to have lost this is for emphasis. That creates a
conundrum that creates a bit of a ambiguity. So that's a motor shall
be according to some people. Right? That's another category of
motor shall be something that the meaning of it is not clear. I gave
you the other example that they have women who have been divorced
they should wait for three Kuru. Now because the word Kuru core is
a homonym and can mean purity or menstruation. Which one does it
mean? The which one does it mean? That makes this verse Not mahkum.
But with the Shabbat again, this is what many other men have said.
So now you can understand that what what the shabby means, in
general throughout, right, I should have actually probably
mentioned this in the beginning to put in perspective. So now, the
last category that we want to discuss about the Bucha we are the
hoof Macatawa at the seperated letters that are left la meme
tossing Yacine. So according to those who say that everything in
the Quran has a meaning that we can understand and the firmly
grounded, people can understand it. They're saying that even for
these there is a rational meaning. So what is the meaning of if la
meme then what is the meaning of noon? What is the meaning of
cough? So they say that these are actually the names of the Soros.
These are the names of the Soros
right. However, the majority actually say that no, the purpose
of Alif Lam, Meem and Yacine and so on, is actually the challenge
that the Quran presents, that is where this is one major aspect of
the Quran where they provide a challenge. And so it's to provide
a challenge. It's to warn people and to notify them and it's to
wake them up. How well the challenge is in the fact that if
the Quran that we're saying that the Quran is a miracle, it's an
intimate a miracle that you cannot produce the life of it. The
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is saying, you're seeing
well, Quran Al Hakim Alif Lam me vertical, kita Woolery, Buffy.
He's using the letters from your own language that you think you're
so proud of. And you think you're so good at composing pieces in,
I'm using the same words here, you produce something like this. Here,
these are letters that these are the same letters that you use. Now
you produce a surah like this.
So it's to challenge them using letters by saying it's only
letters. You try to produce something not like the letters
themselves, but like the surah right? By saying this just made
these sewers that you cannot compare to like in Altona
calculator for saline Arabic one for inertia Ania who will update
or LM turkey for for either Abu cambios herbal feel? There was
Macedo who made up Alfie lwml feel warmer adorar camel feel whole to
me who thought we'll just really silly, the elephant the elephant.
Do you know what the elephant is? It's a
but
it's not it's very, very long. I mean, it's like just some simple
words that he just raised together with no profundity of meaning.
So what the Quran is saying is that you these sewers that Allah
subhanaw taala has produced in the Quran, these words, they're made
up of your scene, Elif la meme, cough sod and whatever. It's the
same letters that you guys use. So why can't you produce something
like this, even though we're both using the same letters? That's the
challenge aspect of the horror of micarta. Art. Number two,
it's to say that
you know, when it was this new way of saying it for
me, had it started from vertical kita Bula or Eva, he heard a
little more talking. Now let me do this in English, right? If I start
talking to you just like this, then he's like, Oh, he's just
talking to us. What about if I started like this X Y, Zed well
let x y Zed. We are going tomorrow.
U V, W.
We have to quickly go in the car. Come on, hurry up. Let's go.
S T U V.
It's going to be a study time soon.
It creates because nobody said these things before. So he's
saying that this is another purpose of it is to wake them up
and say
pay heed, take heed. Right. Because it was an unusual way of
starting that's some say that that's one of the additional
benefits not the primary benefits. Okay?
I live lamb Rokita bone argument Ayato only said Sheriff lamb raw,
right? Not just with kita one argument I add to what's going on
here. So there you go, that gives you Inshallah, some understanding,
many of you may have been confused. What does this diff law
mean? And how does this how does that apply, and many of you may
have before us with a sharpie marker. So to summarize, majority
of the verses are mock them, they are easy to understand a clear to
understand anything that is confusing to you, is motor shabby
to you. Because it's a relative term, anything that you can't
clearly understand, like what's going on here. That's what I share
with you. Now, many of those motor shafts are those that you can
figure out by checking in tough seas by asking others by making an
effort and the scholars have figured it out. And according to
those scholars who say that there is really nothing in the Quran,
that cannot be understood, then they will see that everything
you'll be able to figure out and those who say no, there are some
things well, they'll say well, there's some that you can't figure
out so there'll be motor Cheb that will be a relative motor shall be
ambiguous verse to you, that is just ambiguous right now because
you don't know the meaning but once you know the meaning that is
no longer matter Shabbat you also for Alif Lam, Meem and so on. Some
have said that Elif refers to Allah lamb refers to the angel
Jibreel Ali Salam and meme refers to Muhammad sallallahu alayhi
salam. And there's lots of other interpretations that those
scholars have given who think that you can understand likewise, when
it says West, Aruna, can you rule could the rowhome mean somebody
Robbie woman ot to middle aged me Illa Cadila. There's people who've
described the rule. Now Allah says in there that you've only been
given a bit of knowledge. Now you can take this as saying that you
don't know what the reality of rule is, because you've only given
a bit of knowledge of everything else, but you don't know what the
Spirit is. Others have interpreted it as saying that we can know what
a rule has. It's a subtle body that infuses the human being and
the human becomes alive because of it. And if it goes, then the human
being is no longer alive. And it is within the human being just
like moisture is within a fresh stick.
So somebody said how can you interpret that? Well, this is the
bit of knowledge, Allah says, You've only been given a bit of
knowledge, this is the bit of knowledge that you've been given.
So there's lots of ways of looking at this. And we all we ask Allah
subhanaw taala is that Allah subhanaw taala open up the Quran
for us and allow us to understand it, and get better at it and allow
us to live our life by it. Just like Aloha, Zach Allahu, Allah
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