Well I don't want to offend - especially now I have heard about what you think about George Bush!
But take the Surat al-Ihlas which contains the phrase
as-samad. What does it mean?
Tabari said
And His word:
Allahu as-samad expresses (the diea): The One worshipped, He the
samad, nobody except Him can be properly worshipped. The Quran commentators disagree as to the meaning of
as-samad.
1. Some of them say: He is the one who is not hollow, who does not eat or drink. This opinion is held by the following people:
1.1 Abd-ar-Rahman b. al-Aswad <Muhammed b. Rabi'ah <Salamah b. Sabur <Atiyah <Ibn <Abbas
As-samad is he (that) who is not hollow
1.2 Ibn Bassar >deletions<
As-samad is the solid one who has no hollowness.
1.3 Abu Kurayb >deletions< as above
1.4 Al-Harit >deletions< as above
1.5 Ibn Bassar >deletions<
As-samad is the one who has no hollowness.
1.6 Abu Kurayb >deletions< as above
>deletions<
1.16 Ibn Abd-al-Ala >deletions<
2. Others say that He is the one from whom nothing comes out. This opinion is held by the following people:
[Two names]
3. Others says that He is the one who did not begat and was not begotten. This opinion is held by the following people
[Three names]
4. Others say He is the lord whose lordship has reached its peak. This opinion is held by the following people
[Four names]
5. Others say, in reality
as-samad is the enduring one who does not disappear. This opinion is held by the following people:
[Two names]
6. Says Abu Jafar (al-Tabari): With the Arabs
as-samad means the lord to whom recourse is had, and above whom there is nothing. It is used in reference to their noble men.
Yet this seems a simple case of a simple word. In an important context. Not that long after Muhammed died.
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