Shakiel Humayun – Are there Unclear Verses in the QuranTarawih Talk 6 Ramadan 2023

Allah

mentioned that there are 2 kinds of verses

in the Quran. 1

that is clear and has only one meaning,

and the second type of verses are those

that need explanation

and they carry multiple meanings.

Amongst those multiple meanings, some of those meanings

are false,

incorrect, and some of the other meanings are

correct.

Here the critics of the Quran

say why would

God

put send down verses that are not clear?

If

the Quran is to be a book of

guidance,

why does Allah

have verses

where people can misinterpret

those verses because they carry

possible

incorrect meanings?

The answer to that is

Allah Subhanahu

has done that because

it is a test on 2 levels.

The first level,

it's a test to see

if we are eager

and we put the time and effort

in trying to learn

what is the correct meaning for those verses.

It's a test for our love and passion

for learning this deen.

It's a test for our love for Allah

Subhanahu and his book. If we truly want

to know what it means,

will we learn

the Arabic language?

When we say Arabic language, we mean

the Quran Arabic, not the slang.

Will we learn that language to understand what

Allah subhanahu

is saying

in these verses?

And once we find out, by using the

system and the method that Allah told us

in this ayah to use the clear verses

to help us pinpoint

which meaning is the correct meaning in the

mutashabihat

verses,

which means that the rest of the meanings

are incorrect.

Once we find that out, the second level

test is is that will we accept that?

And we find throughout history,

the history of Islam and the history of

the nations before us who've been given books,

that the distortion

and the reforming of

the guidance of the book comes under this

pre this premise.

That this word or this verse can mean

these multiple things. And that's how

the religion and the deen is distorted.

So the second level, it's a test if

we will once we find out, will we

now allow our biases

or peer pressure allow us to shift

the meanings of these words to adopt the

incorrect meaning?

And this is why Allah says next,

Where Allah says that this is the second

level test here, that

as far as those who have a deviation

in their heart,

they're going to follow those wrong

meanings.

And

so this is an encouragement, and this is

why after that, Allah subhanahu tells us to

make this du'a.

Oh, Allah, do not allow our hearts to

be deviated after you have guided us.

So sometimes we think that we're Muslim and

we're guided. We're all good. We don't have

to learn

any more

Islam or the or the Sharia or.

And this is why the prophet Muhammad

said

Muslim.

That once we become Muslim, now

the journey starts of seeking knowledge.

And this is why everyday in our salah,

even though we're Muslim, we say,

guide us to the straight path,

because the danger is there that we may

adopt a wrong meaning

and then follow that.

And then Allah,

mentioned

that this is an act of deviation. So

we ask Allah

to

motivate us to seek the knowledge of his

deen and allow us to follow

the right interpretation, the meaning of his book.