Salaam Walaykum. I love what you are doing on this channel. I am currently studying NuNetics to understand each Arabic letter of the Quran. I have been watching many videos from Benjamin Bilal channel and bought a number of his books. NuNetics makes a lot more sense to me because the original copies of Quran never had any diacritical markings. In ancient past, people understood the symbolic meanings of each Arabic letter because it symbolised something in Nature (Fitrah). Eg the letter 'Meem is symbolised by water (it looks like a dew drop) In order to understand the meaning of Meem everywhere in Quran, you need to observe the behaviour of water. And in ancient times, water symbolises your emotions. You now have to learn all 26 Arabic letters of Quran all over again and learn what each letter represents in the Fitrah. Qaf is your hand, Alif is your spine, etc. Our Arabic lexicon dictionaries have been corrupted because they only provide you meanings of trilateral root words. But many words in Quran have only proto root words. A vowel cannot be part of a root word. What is your opinion on NuNetics? Shukran Igshaan Safodien, Cape Town, South Africa.
Wow this is such an important topic. Been noticing these micro splits within the Quran community. Does Allah allow for different understandings according to our own mental frame, or are there clear points to the metaphorical verses? I believe it’s both but because of the metaphorical aspect, we bring our own twist to it, in our own words we try to explain it. It’s really interesting, as the differing readings put all of our experience together but it’s also confusing for the newbie like me who is used to only one unmovable way presented by the priest system. We are processing the book at this time, it’s an exciting time for me to delve into concepts I’ve never known before. Learning so much about my own psyche and my view of life has done a 360, hopefully correctly. I believe this is what the Quran is supposed to do, it challenges everything about and within ourselves, which will translate to the physical world. When the shaking of the earth ends, everything will be settled, InshaaAllah.
Hi Bro , I do. Everything pertaining to "gayb- the unseen" is similarities(allegory-parable-metaphor)Because Gayb is only known by God. The only way for God to tell us about "Gayb" is use similarities to the seen realm "sehadah" we see and perceive. There is no other way. Once 3:7 is properly understood everthing will be clear. God is the knower of seen and unseen realms and He describes the unseen realm with similarities to the seen realm we see and perceive. Food for thought : How would you describe snow to someone who has never seen it ?
Salamun alaykum, Allah refers to the verses of the book Qur'ān as ayāt, meaning signs and symbols - so they intent to instruct us and make us aware to things in our realm, in our psyche. The Qur'ān is full of mithāl and qasās (allegories, analogies and parabels). I dont understand the differenciation of literal and metaphorical - the important thing is that they are real and observable, plausible and comprehensable. Peace!
Salaamun Alaykum Dr Anwar, Wonderful program. I have been thinking about the various new interpretations of Quran by latest Quran Alone stars and seeing diverging views. I have an idea in the same lines as you have suggested in this video. Can we talk sometime and see if we can work on making this habal Allah strong with proper intertwining of the individual threads of interpretations?
Hi...can I ask a question that muslims seem to avoid the quran repeatedly claims that allah revealed the torah and Gospel and that they should be obeyed it claims that no one can change allahs words therefore the torah and gospel are true upon that basis the quran must be false if, as muslims claim, the bible has been corrupted, although no evidence supports this, this alone points to the fact that allahs word can be changed and the quran is 'false' it denies the crucifixion of Yeshua yet all the evidence proves he was, and instead say it was trickery...why would allah try to trick people for 600 yrs ?
He is the One Who has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book, of which some verses are precise-they are the foundation of the Book-while others are elusive. Those with deviant hearts follow the elusive verses seeking ˹to spread˺ doubt through their ˹false˺ interpretations-but none grasps their ˹full˺ meaning except Allah. As for those well-grounded in knowledge, they say, “We believe in this ˹Quran˺-it is all from our Lord.” But none will be mindful ˹of this˺ except people of reason. Quran 3.7 Only Allah can confirm if a verse is Mutashaabiha.
The Christian’s also condemned the “gnostics” as enemies of Christianity. Their understanding is the same as sufis… “you hide from the kitab” Allah says..
(When a text cannot be interpreted according to its truth and apparent meaning, and when (in this case) two metaphoric interpretations are possible, one being proximal and the other being distal; then, in this case, we are obligated to interpret the text according to the proximal metaphoric interpretation and not the distal, for (the relationship between) the distal to the proximal is like unto (the relationship between) the metaphor to the truth, and in the same way that it is not permissible, when dealing with the word of God, to prefer a metaphoric interpretation when a discernment of the truth is possible, it is also not permissible to prefer the distal interpretation over the proximal interpretation). Al Qadi ʿAbd al-Jabbar Al Mutazili (935-1025) from the Sharh al-Usul al-Khamsa (The Explication of the Five Principles)
Salaam Walaykum. I love what you are doing on this channel. I am currently studying NuNetics to understand each Arabic letter of the Quran. I have been watching many videos from Benjamin Bilal channel and bought a number of his books. NuNetics makes a lot more sense to me because the original copies of Quran never had any diacritical markings. In ancient past, people understood the symbolic meanings of each Arabic letter because it symbolised something in Nature (Fitrah). Eg the letter 'Meem is symbolised by water (it looks like a dew drop) In order to understand the meaning of Meem everywhere in Quran, you need to observe the behaviour of water. And in ancient times, water symbolises your emotions. You now have to learn all 26 Arabic letters of Quran all over again and learn what each letter represents in the Fitrah. Qaf is your hand, Alif is your spine, etc. Our Arabic lexicon dictionaries have been corrupted because they only provide you meanings of trilateral root words. But many words in Quran have only proto root words. A vowel cannot be part of a root word. What is your opinion on NuNetics? Shukran Igshaan Safodien, Cape Town, South Africa.
The language is metaphorical by essence. Surah 2.31 He was learned al Asma' kullaha.
Wow this is such an important topic. Been noticing these micro splits within the Quran community. Does Allah allow for different understandings according to our own mental frame, or are there clear points to the metaphorical verses? I believe it’s both but because of the metaphorical aspect, we bring our own twist to it, in our own words we try to explain it. It’s really interesting, as the differing readings put all of our experience together but it’s also confusing for the newbie like me who is used to only one unmovable way presented by the priest system. We are processing the book at this time, it’s an exciting time for me to delve into concepts I’ve never known before. Learning so much about my own psyche and my view of life has done a 360, hopefully correctly. I believe this is what the Quran is supposed to do, it challenges everything about and within ourselves, which will translate to the physical world. When the shaking of the earth ends, everything will be settled, InshaaAllah.
Hi Bro , I do. Everything pertaining to "gayb- the unseen" is similarities(allegory-parable-metaphor)Because Gayb is only known by God. The only way for God to tell us about "Gayb" is use similarities to the seen realm "sehadah" we see and perceive. There is no other way. Once 3:7 is properly understood everthing will be clear. God is the knower of seen and unseen realms and He describes the unseen realm with similarities to the seen realm we see and perceive. Food for thought : How would you describe snow to someone who has never seen it ?
Salamun alaykum,
Allah refers to the verses of the book Qur'ān as ayāt, meaning signs and symbols - so they intent to instruct us and make us aware to things in our realm, in our psyche.
The Qur'ān is full of mithāl and qasās (allegories, analogies and parabels). I dont understand the differenciation of literal and metaphorical - the important thing is that they are real and observable, plausible and comprehensable.
Peace!
Salaamun Alaykum Dr Anwar,
Wonderful program. I have been thinking about the various new interpretations of Quran by latest Quran Alone stars and seeing diverging views. I have an idea in the same lines as you have suggested in this video. Can we talk sometime and see if we can work on making this habal Allah strong with proper intertwining of the individual threads of interpretations?
Hi...can I ask a question that muslims seem to avoid
the quran repeatedly claims that allah revealed the torah and Gospel and that they should be obeyed
it claims that no one can change allahs words
therefore the torah and gospel are true
upon that basis the quran must be false
if, as muslims claim, the bible has been corrupted, although no evidence supports this, this alone points to the fact that allahs word can be changed and the quran is 'false'
it denies the crucifixion of Yeshua yet all the evidence proves he was, and instead say it was trickery...why would allah try to trick people for 600 yrs ?
He is the One Who has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book, of which some verses are precise-they are the foundation of the Book-while others are elusive. Those with deviant hearts follow the elusive verses seeking ˹to spread˺ doubt through their ˹false˺ interpretations-but none grasps their ˹full˺ meaning except Allah. As for those well-grounded in knowledge, they say, “We believe in this ˹Quran˺-it is all from our Lord.” But none will be mindful ˹of this˺ except people of reason. Quran 3.7 Only Allah can confirm if a verse is Mutashaabiha.
The Christian’s also condemned the “gnostics” as enemies of Christianity. Their understanding is the same as sufis… “you hide from the kitab” Allah says..
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Why did this greek inspired philosophical video trash appear in my recommended. Ah well, removing.
(When a text cannot be interpreted according to its truth and apparent meaning, and when (in this case) two metaphoric interpretations are possible, one being proximal and the other being distal; then, in this case, we are obligated to interpret the text according to the proximal metaphoric interpretation and not the distal, for (the relationship between) the distal to the proximal is like unto (the relationship between) the metaphor to the truth, and in the same way that it is not permissible, when dealing with the word of God, to prefer a metaphoric interpretation when a discernment of the truth is possible, it is also not permissible to prefer the distal interpretation over the proximal interpretation).
Al Qadi ʿAbd al-Jabbar Al Mutazili (935-1025) from the Sharh al-Usul al-Khamsa (The Explication of the Five Principles)