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الْبَابُ

The chapter

الثَّانِي

the second

The second chapter

فِي

In

بَيَانِ

explaining

وُجُوهِ

aspects

الدِّقَّةِ

of precision

وَالْخَفَاءِ

and obscurity

فِي

in

مَعَانِي

meanings

نَظْمِ

of the structure

الْقُرْآنِ

of the Quran

الْكَرِيمِ

the Noble

In explaining the aspects of precision and obscurity in the meanings of the structure of the Noble Quran

وَتَنَاسُقِهِ

and its harmony

بِالنِّسْبَةِ

relative

لِأَهْلِ

to the people

هَذَا

of this

الْعَصْرِ،

era,

and its harmony relative to the people of this era,

وَإِزَالَتِهِمَا

and removing both of them

بِأَوْضَحِ

with the clearest

بَيَانٍ.

explanation.

and removing both of them with the clearest explanation.

نُزُولُ

The revelation

الْقُرْآنِ

of the Quran

عَرَبِيّاً

Arabic

مُبِيناً:

clear:

The revelation of the Quran in clear Arabic:

لِيُعْلَمَ

So that it is known

أَنَّ

that

الْقُرْآنَ

the Quran

الْعَظِيمَ

the Magnificent

نَزَلَ

was revealed

فِي

in

لُغَةِ

the language

الْعَرَبِ

of the Arabs

الْأَقْحَاحِ،

pure,

So that it is known that the Magnificent Quran was revealed in the language of the pure Arabs,

اللُّغَةِ

the language

الْمُبِينَةِ

the clear

الْوَاضِحَةِ،

manifest,

the clear, manifest language,

وَفَهِمَهُ

and understood it

الْعَرَبُ

the Arabs

بِسَلِيقَتِهِمُ

by their instinct

اللُّغَوِيَّةِ

linguistic

الْأَصْلِيَّةِ

original

and the Arabs understood it by their original linguistic instinct

وَأَدْرَكُوا

and they grasped

مَغْزَاهُ

its intent

وَمَعَانِيَهُ،

and its meanings,

and they grasped its intent and its meanings,

قَالَ
said
اللَّهُ
Allah
- تَعَالَى -:
- Most High -:
{حم
{Ha-Mim
(١)
(1)
وَالْكِتَابِ
And by the Book
الْمُبِينِ}
the Clear}

Allah - the Most High - said: {Ha-Mim (1) And by the Clear Book}

وَقَالَ
And said
- تَعَالَى -:
- Most High -:
{كِتَابٌ
{A Book
أُحْكِمَتْ
whose verses are perfected
آيَاتُهُ
its verses
ثُمَّ
then
فُصِّلَتْ}
detailed}
إِلَخْ.
etc.

And He - the Most High - said: {A Book whose verses are perfected then detailed} etc.

[مَوْقِفُ

[The stance

الشَّارِعِ

of the Lawgiver

مِنَ

regarding

الْمُتَشَابِهَاتِ:]

the ambiguous texts:]

[The stance of the Lawgiver regarding the ambiguous texts:]

وَقَدْ

And

كَانَ

it was

مِنْ

from

مَرْمَى

the aim

الشَّارِعِ

of the Lawgiver

الْحَكِيمِ

the Wise

عَدَمُ

the absence of

الْخَوْضِ

diving

فِي

into

تَأْوِيلِ

interpretation of

الْمُتَشَابِهَاتِ

the ambiguous

الْقُرْآنِيَّةِ

Quranic texts

And it was from the aim of the Wise Lawgiver not to delve into the interpretation of the ambiguous Quranic texts

وَتَصْوِيرِ

and portraying

حَقَائِقِ

the realities

الصِّفَاتِ

of the attributes

الْإِلَهِيَّةِ،

divine,

and portraying the realities of the divine attributes,

وَتَسْمِيَةِ

and naming

الْمُبَهَّمِينَ،

the unspecified ones,

and naming the unspecified individuals,

وَاسْتِقْصَاءِ

and exhaustive inquiry into

الْقَصَصِ

the stories

وَالْوَقَائِعِ

and events

وَأَمْثَالِ

and the likes

ذَلِكَ

of that

مِنَ

from

الْأُمُورِ،

matters,

and exhaustive inquiry into stories, events, and matters of that sort,

وَلِذَلِكَ

and therefore

قَلَّ

was little

سُؤَالُ

the questioning of

الصَّحَابَةِ

the companions

- رَضِيَ

- may Allah be pleased

اللَّهُ

Allah

عَنْهُمْ -

with them -

لِلرَّسُولِ

to the Messenger

- صَلَّى

- may peace be

اللَّهُ

upon him

عَلَيْهِ

and blessings

وَسَلَّمَ -

and peace -

عَنْ

about

مِثْلِ

the likes

ذَلِكَ،

of that,

and therefore the questioning of the Companions - may Allah be pleased with them - to the Messenger - may peace and blessings be upon him - about such things was little,

وَلَمْ

and was not

يُرْفَعْ

elevated / transmitted

فِي

in

هَذَا

this

الْبَابِ

chapter

مِنَ

of

الْأَحَادِيثِ

the hadiths

إِلَّا

except

شَيْءٌ

something

قَلِيلٌ.

little.

and nothing was transmitted in this chapter of the hadiths except a very little amount.