Al-Fawz al-Kabir fi Usul al-Tafsir

al fawz al kabir fi usul al tafsir

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وَحُورٍ

and houris

وَأَنْهَارٍ

and rivers

وَمَطَاعِمَ

and dining

هَنِيئَةٍ

wholesome

شَهِيَّةٍ

appetizing

And houris, rivers, wholesome and appetizing dining

وَمَلَابِسَ

and clothing

زَاهِيَةٍ

bright

نَاعِمَةٍ

soft

and bright, soft clothing,

وَعِيدٍ

and a beautiful

حَسَانٍ

festival,

and a beautiful festival,

مَقْصُورَاتٍ

sequestered

فِي

in

الْخِيَامِ

the tents

sequestered in the tents,

وَمَجَالِسِ

and gatherings of

أَهْلِ

the people of

الْجَنَّةِ

Paradise

الْفَكِهَةِ

the cheerful

اللَّطِيفَةِ

the pleasant

and the cheerful, pleasant gatherings of the people of Paradise,

وَلِقَاءَاتِهِمُ

and their meetings

الطَّيِّبَةِ

the good

الْحَبِيبَةِ

the beloved

and their good and beloved meetings,

كُلُّ

all

هَذَا

this

مِمَّا

is of what

قَدْ

indeed

قَصَّهُ

narrated it

الْقُرْآنُ

the Quran

الْكَرِيمُ

the Noble

all of this is what the Noble Quran has narrated

وَبَثَّهُ

and spread it

فِي

in

مُخْتَلَفِ

various

السُّوَرِ

surahs

and spread it in various surahs,

مُرَاعِياً

observing

أَسَالِيبَهَا

its methods

الْخَاصَّةَ

the specific

الْمُتَفَرِّدَةَ

the unique

observing its specific and unique methods,

تَارَةً

sometimes

بِالْإِجْمَالِ

with summarization

وَالِاخْتِصَارِ

and brevity

sometimes with summarization and brevity,

وَأُخْرَى

and other times

بِالتَّفْصِيلِ

with detail

وَالْإِسْهَابِ

and extensiveness

and other times with detail and extensiveness.

الْقَاعِدَةُ

The rule

الْكُلِّيَّةُ

comprehensive

فِي

in

مَبْحَثِ

the subject of

الْأَحْكَامِ

rulings

The comprehensive rule in the subject of rulings:

وَالْقَاعِدَةُ

And the rule

الْكُلِّيَّةُ

comprehensive

فِي

in

مَبْحَثِ

the subject of

الْأَحْكَامِ

rulings

وَالْحَلَالِ

and the lawful

وَالْحَرَامِ

and the unlawful

And the comprehensive rule in the subject of rulings, the lawful, and the unlawful

أَنَّ

is that

سَيِّدَنَا

our master

رَسُولَ

Messenger

اللَّهِ

of Allah

صَلَّى

may peace be

اللَّهُ

upon him

عَلَيْهِ

and blessings

وَسَلَّمَ

and peace

is that our master, the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,

كَانَ

was

قَدْ

indeed

بُعِثَ

sent

فِي

in

الْمِلَّةِ

the religion

الْإِبْرَاهِيمِيَّةِ

of Abraham

الْحَنِيفِيَّةِ

the upright

had been sent upon the upright religion of Abraham,

فَكَانَ

so it was

مِنَ

from

اللَّازِمِ

necessary

أَنْ

that

يَبْقَى

he remain

عَلَى

upon

شَرَائِعِ

laws

تِلْكَ

of that

الْمِلَّةِ

religion

so it was necessary that he remain upon the laws of that religion,

وَلَا

and not

يَحْدُثَ

occur

أَيُّ

any

تَغْيِيرٍ

change

فِي

in

أُمَّهَاتِ

foundations of

أَحْكَامِهَا

its rulings

وَأُصُولِ

and origins of

مَسَائِلِهَا

its matters

and that no change occur in the foundations of its rulings and the origins of its matters,

اللَّهُمَّ

except

إِلَّا

that

تَخْصِيصاً

specification

لِعُمُومَاتِهَا

for its generalities

وَزِيَادَةً

and an addition

لِلتَّوْقِيتَاتِ

to the time limits

وَالتَّجْدِيدَاتِ

and renewals

فِيهَا

in it

وَأَمْثَالَ

and likes

ذَلِكَ

of that

مِنَ

from

الْأُمُورِ

the matters

except for the specification of its generalities, an addition to its time limits and renewals therein, and similar matters.

ثُمَّ

Then

إِنَّهُ

indeed

أَرَادَ

willed

اللَّهُ

Allah

تَعَالَى

the Exalted

أَنْ

to

يُزَكِّيَ

purify

نُفُوسَ

souls

الْعَرَبِ

of the Arabs

بِنَبِيِّنَا

through our Prophet

مُحَمَّدٍ

Muhammad

صَلَّى

may peace be

اللَّهُ

upon him

عَلَيْهِ

and blessings

وَسَلَّمَ

and peace

Then Allah, the Exalted, willed to purify the souls of the Arabs through our Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,

وَيُزَكِّيَ

and purify

نُفُوسَ

souls

سَائِرِ

of the rest of

الْعَالَمِ

the world

بِأَيْدِي

by the hands of

الْعَرَبِ

the Arabs

الْأَوَّلِينَ

the first

and purify the souls of the rest of the world by the hands of the early Arabs

وَالرَّعِيلِ

and the generation

الْإِيمَانِيِّ

of faith

الْأَوَّلِ

the first

(and the first generation of faith).

فَلَزِمَ

So it became necessary

أَنْ

that

تَكُونَ

be

مَادَّةُ

material

شَرِيعَتِهِ

of His sharia

تَدُورُ

revolving

عَلَى

around

عَادَاتِ

customs

الْعَرَبِ

of the Arabs

وَتَقَالِيدِهِمْ

and their traditions

So it became necessary that the material of His sharia revolve around the customs and traditions of the Arabs

مِمَّا

from what

تَوَارَثُوهُ

they inherited

مِنَ

from

الْمِلَّةِ

the religion

الْحَنِيفِيَّةِ

of the upright

(what they inherited from the upright religion

أَوْ

or

انْحَرَفُوا

deviated

عَنْ

from

جَادَتِهَا

its path

فِي

in

كَثِيرٍ

many

مِنْ

of

شُؤُونِ

affairs of

الْحَيْتَاةِ

life

or deviated from its path in many affairs of life).

الْأَسْبَابُ

The reasons

وَالْمَصَالِحُ

and the interests

الْمَرْعِيَّةُ

observed

فِي

in

الْأَحْكَامِ

rulings

The reasons and observed interests in rulings:

وَإِذْ

And if

تَأَمَّلْتَ

you contemplated

وَأَنْعَمْتَ

and bestowed

النَّظَرَ

thought

فِي

in

مَجْمُوعِ

totality of

شَرَائِعِ

laws of

الْمِلَّةِ

the religion

الْحَنِيفِيَّةِ

the upright

And if you contemplate and bestow thought upon the totality of the laws of the upright religion