What Do You Understand From Qur'an Verse 3:7 ?
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Qur'an chapter 3 verse 7 "He is the One who sent down to you the Book, from which there are lawgiving/clear (mu'kamtun) revelations; they are the essence of the Book; and others which are of a similitude/allegorical (mutashbihtun). As for those who have a disease in their hearts, they will follow that which is of a similitude/allegorical, seeking to confuse, and seeking to derive an interpretation. But none know its interpretation except God, and those who are well founded in knowledge; they say "We believe in it, all is from our Lord." And none will remember except those who possess intelligence."
What do you guys understand from this verse?
Which verses are mutashbihtun? Does this mean verses/words that could have more than one meaning? Does God mean words in the Qur'an like Salat for example, which people (even Qur'an alone muslims) have many different opinions about?
Is the correct translation of mutashbihtun similitude or allegorical, and what is their definition exactly?
And what about the last part of this verse. Does the verse say that God alone knows its interpretation, or God and those who are well founded in knowledge?
I really want to understand this verse.
What are your thoughts?
Peace.
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"He is the One who sent down to you the Book"
The Book referred to here is NOT Quran. It can't be Quran since Quran was not written down yet, still in the process of being revealed. The book mentioned here is the hebrew Bible (Torah). The "to you" is not "to Muhammad" but "to Moses".
"from which there are lawgiving/clear (mu'kamtun) revelations; they are the essence of the Book"
The Torah was given by G-d to Moses and includes within them all of the biblical laws of Judaism and this makes up the majority of the Torah.
"and others which are of a similitude/allegorical (mutashbihtun)."
These are the parables (Aggadah and Mashalim), they are a minority in the Hebrew Bible. They are not law-giving verses but rather narrative fables/allegories which should make the reader ponder upon their meaning.
"As for those who have a disease in their hearts, they will follow that which is of a similitude/allegorical, seeking to confuse, and seeking to derive an interpretation. But none know its interpretation except God, and those who are well founded in knowledge; they say "We believe in it, all is from our Lord." And none will remember except those who possess intelligence."
This is a clear polemic against the rabbinical jews accusing them of taken the parables for law and vice versa.
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Peace Alper88,
See this post
http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9607008.msg359021#msg359021