Al-Fawz al-Kabir fi Usul al-Tafsir

al fawz al kabir fi usul al tafsir

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حَتَّىٰ

Even

بِنُبُوَّةِ

with the prophethood

سَيِّدِنَا

of our master

مُوسَىٰ

Moses

-

-

عَلَيْهِ

upon him

السَّلَامُ

peace

-

-

أَيْضاً،

also,

Even with the prophethood of our master Moses - peace be upon him - also,

تَحُولُ

stand

الصِّفَاتُ

the human attributes

الْبَشَرِيَّةُ

human

:

(

الَّتِي

which

يَتَّسِمُ

characterize

بِهَاهَا

them

)

)

بَيْنَهُمْ

between them

وَبَيْنَ

and

رُؤْيَةِ

seeing

جَمَالِهِمُ

their true beauty

الْحَقِيقِيِّ،

true,

human attributes (which characterize prophets) stand between them and seeing their true beauty,

وَتَحْجُبُهُمْ

and veil them

-

-

:

due to their ignorance

وَقِلَّةِ

and lack

إِدْرَاكِهِمْ

of their perception

)

-

عَنِ

from

,

discovering

مَكَانَتِهِمُ

their true status

.

,

and veil them - due to their ignorance and lack of perception - from discovering their true status,

وَكَانُوا

and they were

,

due to their failure

وَإِدْرَاكِهِمْ

to realize and comprehend

:

the reality of divine planning

,

and divine wisdom

,

which necessitates

بِعْثَةَ

the sending

الْأَنْبِيَاءِ

of prophets

وَالْمُرْسَلِينَ،

and messengers,

and they were - due to their failure to realize and comprehend the reality of divine planning and divine wisdom, which necessitates the sending of prophets and messengers -

يَسْتَبْعِدُونَ

deeming impossible

رِسَالَةَ

the message

:

of the messengers

:

because they believed

أَنَّ

that

:

the messenger

:

ought to be

:

like the sender

deeming the message of the messengers impossible because they believed that the messenger ought to be like the sender

وَيُورِدُونَ

and they put forward

:

for that reason

:

flimsy and weak doubts

,

,

and they put forward for that reason flimsy and weak doubts,

فَيَقُولُونَ

so they say

:

for example:

so they say for example:

  • كَيْفَ
  • How
  • يَكُونُ
  • can
  • النَّبِيُّ
  • the prophet
  • مُحْتَاجاً
  • be in need
  • إِلَىٰ
  • of food
  • :
  • and drink?

    How can the prophet be in need of food and drink?

  • وَلِمَادَا
  • And why
  • :
  • did God not send
  • :
  • an angel
  • :
  • as a messenger?

    And why did God not send an angel as a messenger?

  • وَمَا
  • And what
  • هُوَ
  • is
  • :
  • the purpose
  • :
  • of not revealing
  • :
  • to every person
  • :
  • separately
  • ,
  • and so on?

    And what is the purpose of not revealing to every person separately, and so on?

    وَإِدَا

    And if

    -

    -

    :

    O reader

    -

    -

    :

    hesitate

    :

    in accepting

    :

    the truth of what is said

    :

    about the beliefs of the polytheists

    :

    and their deeds,

    And if you - O reader - hesitate in accepting the truth of what is said about the beliefs of the polytheists and their deeds,

    فَانْظُرْ

    then look

    :

    at the superstitious

    :

    in this era

    ,

    ,

    then look at the superstitious in this era,

    :

    especially those

    :

    who dwell

    :

    among them

    :

    on the borders

    :

    of the Abode of Islam

    ,

    ,

    especially those who dwell among them on the borders of the Abode of Islam,

    :

    what are their perceptions

    :

    about 'Wilayah'

    ,

    ,

    what are their perceptions about 'Wilayah',

    :

    for although

    :

    they acknowledge

    :

    the guardianship of past saints

    ,

    ,

    for although they acknowledge the guardianship of past saints,

    :

    they view

    :

    the existence of saints

    :

    in our era

    :

    as impossible

    ,

    ,

    they view the existence of saints in our era as impossible,

    :

    and they frequent

    :

    graves and thresholds

    ,

    ,

    and they frequent graves and thresholds,

    :

    and have been afflicted

    :

    with kinds

    and have been afflicted with kinds