mutazila

  • Interpretation Challenges of Qur’anic Verses

    Mutashabihat in the Qur’an Acknowledgements I appreciate the work of Sayed Ali Hurr Kamunpoori from the Shi’a Reformist group Al-Islaah, it was he who has allowed me to understand this concept properly through his student, my friend Muhammad Qa’im al-Islaahi. I acknowledge the great works of the two giants of Qur’an-Centrism Hamiduddin al-Farahi & Amin

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  • Tafsir: Explicit Vs Ambigious – Mu’tazili Vs Salafi

    “Al-Zamakhsharī cites two examples explaining how a ‘perspicous’ (muḥkam) verse can provide the basis for interpreting an ‘ambiguous’ (mutashābih) verse. He considers that “Looking upon their Lord” (ilā rabbihā nāẓiratun) is an ‘ambiguous’ (mutashābih) verse which can be interpreted by a ‘perspicous’ (muḥkam) verse: “Vision cannot attain Him,” (lā tudrikuhu al-abṣār). Similarly, “We command its

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  • Visually Seeing God in Islam: Theological Debate Unveiled

    I dedicate this work mainly for the Muslim Ummah who disagree & quarrel over such a vital part of religion & theology. This research presents the varying usage of the Muhkamat (explicit) verses to fully apprehend the concept of mutashabihat (ambiguous/allegorical) verses in relation to metaphysical matters such as God, Divine attributes and the Hereafter

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  • Usul al-Fiqh: When Khabar Wahid contradicts the common practice – Usul al-Shashi (Hanafi principles) “Based upon this (that the conditions of narrators vary) we say that if Khabar Wahid contradicts the apparent it will not be practiced upon. An example of Khabar Wahid contradicting the apparent is when it is not the common practice of

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  • Theology – How can a Muslim be a true Believer if he is persistent in sin against God?

    The Section on Describing Hypocrisy and the Evidence that Every Disobedient Person is a Hypocrite Answered by Imam Nasir al-Utroush – Zaydi Imam Bismillah “Know, may Allāh guide you that whoever disobeys Allāh with a major sin, and insists upon that then his doing so is indicative of his lack of certainty regarding the promise

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