Al-Fawz al-Kabir fi Usul al-Tafsir

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غَرَائِبُ

Wonders

التَّذْكِيرِ

of reminding

بِالْمَوْتِ

about death

وَمَا

and what

بَعْدَهُ:

is after it:

Wonders of reminding about death and what is after it:

وَمِنْ

And among

غَرَائِبِ

wonders

فَنِّ

of the art

التَّذْكِيرِ

of reminding

بِالْمَوْتِ

about death

وَمَا

and what

بَعْدَهُ،

is after it,

And among the wonders of the art of reminding about death and what is after it,

تِلْكَ

are those

الْآيَاتُ

noble verses

الْكَرِيمَةُ

that

الَّتِي

gather

تَجْمَعُ

the conditions

أَحْوَالَ

of the Resurrection

الْقِيَامَةِ

for example,

مَثَلًا،

and therefore

وَلِذَا

it was reported

وَرَدَ

in the Hadith:

فِي

Whoever

الْحَدِيثِ:

is pleased

those noble verses which gather the conditions of the Resurrection for example, and therefore it was reported in the Hadith:

"مَنْ
"Whoever
سَرَّهُ
is pleased
أَنْ
that
يَنْظُرَ
he looks
إِلَى
at
يَوْمِ
the Day
الْقِيَامَةِ
of Resurrection
كَأَنَّهُ
as if he
رَأَى
sees it
عَيْنٍ،
with his eye,
فَلْيَقْرَأْ:
then let him read:

"Whoever is pleased that he looks at the Day of Resurrection as if he sees it with his eye, then let him read:

{إِذَا
{When
الشَّمْسُ
the sun
كُوِّرَتْ}
is wound round and lost its light}

{When the sun is wound round and lost its light}

{إِذَا
{When
السَّمَاءُ
the sky
انْفَطَرَتْ}
is cleft asunder}

{When the sky is cleft asunder}

{إِذَا
{When
السَّمَاءُ
the sky
انْشَقَّتْ}
is split asunder}

{When the sky is split asunder}

[غَرَائِبُ

[Wonders

الْأَحْكَامِ:]

of Rulings:]

[Wonders of Rulings:]

وَمِنْ

And among

غَرَائِبِ

wonders

عِلْمِ

of the science

الْأَحْكَامِ

of rulings

تِلْكَ

are those

الْآيَاتُ

noble verses

الْكَرِيمَةُ

that

الَّتِي

include

تَشْتَمِلُ

the clarification

عَلَى

of limits

بَيَانِ

and the designation

الْحُدُودِ

of specific

وَتَعْيِينِ

situations

الْأَوْضَاعِ

like designating

الْخَاصَّةِ

one hundred lashes

كَتَعْيِينِ

for the punishment

مِئَةِ

of illegal sexual intercourse,

جَلْدَةٍ

and designating

فِي

three menstrual cycles

حَدِّ

or three periods of purity

الزِّنَا،

for the waiting period

وَتَعْيِينِ

of a divorced woman,

ثَلَاثِ

and designating

حَيْضَاتٍ

the shares

أَوْ

of inheritances

ثَلَاثَةِ

etc.

And among the wonders of the science of rulings are those noble verses that include the clarification of limits and the designation of specific situations like designating one hundred lashes for the punishment of illegal sexual intercourse, and designating three menstrual cycles or three periods of purity for the waiting period of a divorced woman, and designating the shares of inheritances etc.

[غَرَائِبُ

[Wonders

الْجَدَلِ

of Quranic

الْقُرْآنِيِّ:]

dialectic:]

[Wonders of Quranic dialectic:]

وَمِنْ

And among

غَرَائِبِ

wonders

الْجَدَلِ

of Quranic

الْقُرْآنِيِّ

dialectic

تِلْكَ

are those

الْآيَاتُ

noble verses

الْكَرِيمَةُ

in which

الَّتِي

the reply

يَرِدُ

comes

فِيهَا

in a strange

الْجَوَابُ

eloquent manner,

عَلَى

cutting off

طَرِيقَةٍ

doubt

غَرِيبَةٍ

and refuting

بَلِيغَةٍ،

falsehood

يَقْطَعُ

with the most eloquent

الشُّبْهَةَ

ways and strongest

وَيَدْحَضُ

methods,

الْبَاطِلَ

or clarifying

بِأَبْلَغِ

the condition

الْوُجُوهِ

of a group

وَأَقْوَى

from those groups

الْأَسَالِيبِ،

with a clear

أَوْ

sensory example,

يُبَيِّنُ

like His saying

حَالَ

- Exalted is He -:

فَرِيقٍ

{Their likeness

مِنْ

is as the likeness

تِلْكَ

of the one

الْفِرَقِ

who kindled

بِمِثَالٍ

a fire}

حِسِّيٍّ

or stating

وَاضِحٍ،

explicitly

كَقَوْلِهِ

the ugliness

- تَعَالَى -:

of worshipping

{مَثَلُهُمْ

idols and statues,

كَمَثَلِ

and clarifying

الَّذِي

the great difference

اسْتَوْقَدَ

between the Creator

نَارًا}

and the created,

أَوْ

and the Owner

يَرِدُ

and the owned

التَّصْرِيحُ

with wonderful

بِشَنَاعَةِ

impressive examples,

عِبَادَةِ

or mentioning

الْأَصْنَامِ

the nullification

وَالْأَوْثَانِ،

...

وَبَيَانُ

...

الْفَارِقِ

...

الْعَظِيمِ

...

بَيْنَ

...

الْخَالِقِ

...

وَالْمَخْلُوقِ

...

وَالْمَالِكِ

...

وَالْمَمْلُوكِ

...

بِأَمْثِلَةٍ

...

عَجِيبَةٍ

...

مُؤَثِّرَةٍ،

...

أَوْ

...

يَذْكُرُ

...

حَبِطَ

...

And among the wonders of Quranic dialectic are those noble verses in which the reply comes in a strange eloquent manner, cutting off doubt and refuting falsehood with the most eloquent ways and strongest methods, or clarifying the condition of a group from those groups with a clear sensory example, like His saying - Exalted is He -: {Their likeness is as the likeness of the one who kindled a fire} or stating explicitly the ugliness of worshipping idols and statues, and clarifying the great difference between the Creator and the created, and the Owner and the owned with wonderful impressive examples, or mentioning the nullification...