Hello,
Here are some questions comes to my mind about verse 3:7
This verse has been translated in many ways.
https://www.islamawakened.com/quran/3/7/
but generally could be read in two ways:
"He it is Who has sent down the Book upon thee; therein are signs determined; they are the Mother of the Book, and others symbolic. As for those whose hearts are given to swerving, they follow that of it which is symbolic, seeking temptation and seeking its interpretation. And none know its interpretation save God and those firmly rooted in knowledge. They say, “We believe in it; all is from our Lord.” And none remember, save those who possess intellect" 3:7
"He it is Who has sent down to thee the Book: In it are verses basic or fundamental (of established meaning); they are the foundation of the Book: others are allegorical. But those in whose hearts is perversity follow the part thereof that is allegorical, seeking discord, and searching for its hidden meanings, but no one knows its hidden meanings except God. And those who are firmly grounded in knowledge say: "We believe in the Book; the whole of it is from our Lord:" and none will grasp the Message except men of understanding" 3-7
Here are some questions:
1. Why there are Mutishabihat and Muhkamaat in the Quran? Why not all of it Muhkamaat?
2. How can we tell what verse is Muhkam, and what verse Mutishabih?
3. How many verses are in Quran which are Mutishabihat?
4. If no one knows interpretation of the Mutishabihat, then how do we understand them?
5. Why would God reveal Mutishabihat verses which no one knows its interpretation except God?
6. Give some examples of Mutishabihat verses, and explain how you know they are Mutishabihat.
7. What does it mean, those who in their hearts is perversity, they follow its Mutishabihat?
8. Provide some examples of some Mutishabihat verses, that some people who in their heart was perversity had followed its Mutishabihaat, and caused perversity.
9. Who are the People who are Well-grounded in knowledge? Please give a few examples of such people, and prove it from the Quran, otherwise anyone can make this claim.
Thanks
Assalam walikum warahmatullah e wa barakhatuhu,
I will try my best to make you understand.
So first you have to know the real meaning of Muhkam and mutashabih ayah .The Quran has two types of ayah in it . The Muhkam and mutashabih ayah The Muhkam ayah are those ayah there meanings are clear .like the demanded and obligated farz or work ,for example: praying,fasting and avoid evil deeds etc.so these ayah are simply called Muhkam ayah .now ,let's know the real meaning of mutashabih ayah so there are the ayah whose are being discussed in a way which is not clear . you can say a symbolic way or a metaphorically. because there are some things that are beyond our imagination.like in Quran whenever it is talking about jannah it is written that There will be gardens under which rivers will flow.and about the hoor and their big eyes .the friuts of jannah so these are mutashabih ayah because we imagine that these gardens are like the gardens in here but actually the life after here is very different and the things in jannah are different as well so these are the things which we imagine.tge mutashabih ayah are for our blurry imagination that we can imagine them but actually what they are we don't know .like read this Hadith
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Allah said, "I have prepared for My Pious slaves things which have never been seen by an eye, or heard by an ear, or imagined by a human being." If you wish, you can recite this Verse from the Holy Qur'an:--"No soul knows what is kept hidden for them, of joy as a reward for what they used to do." sahih Al Bukharin 3244 .
Can you imagine these ?I hope so no . right?.
It is as well as in surat Al Sajdah .
Do you know the background of this ayah ?.
Ok , let's see it :
Once some Christians came to the service of Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and started a religious discussion. He (peace be upon him) proved Tawheed by refuting the Christian belief of Trinity in great detail. These people presented some of their doubts. In which the Spirit of Jesus (peace be upon him) is mentioned by these words Jesus (peace be upon him). The presence of divinity is proved. So as you can see the ayah before it .and in this ayah and surah Allah has clear all the doubts .
Do you know about the spirit of Jesus and the verses about it?
So now I will try my best to answer your questions .
1: I hope it is clear now because the ummul kitab is the Muhkam ayah and the mutashabih ayah are for the blurry imagination or for those things which are beyond our imagination and they are being discussed symbolically. Like in many Hadith it is clear that Even after burial, the bodies of the Prophets are exactly as they were before.and shaheed are not dead . isn't it out of our imagination?can we imagine the day of justice but we know the blurry imagination not what exactly it is .
2:the difference is simple the Muhkam ayah are clear and mutashabih are not like the angels we know they are light but how are the exactly look like? It is not easy and we can't know but whenever it is angels we think of a light and white clothes .
3:sorry,I don't know the exact number of verse but some are:
Surah Taha verse 5 ,Qalam 42 ,fajr 22 and Fatah 10 .
4:the answer is told by the verse itself that we only have to believe on it . simple!
5:I already said because these are not the obligated works or things these are things to make someone understand by examples . The all mutashabih ayah are example for a person to understand them by somehow.
6:the most merciful is firm upon the throne .surat taha verse 5
See,here we cant understand how he is upon the throne.we know the throne but how? This is what god exactly know or maybe when it will be the hereafter we will understand it .
The hand of Allah is above their hands .surah Fatah verse 10 .do you know that god does not have any body part like aram ,hands,legs ,eyes and nose etc .but it is talking about hand see hand is something which we have so it is easy for us to understand about the hand but we don't know how the Allah hand ? Because he doesn't have anything like this .it is his characteristics.so it is not easy but not quite difficult to understand the mutashabih verses .
7: this means those Whose hearts are crooked or perversity they always try to find the meaning of mutashabih verses so form that they can create temptation. here it is referring to those who always wanted the meaning of mutashabih verses.
8: The Jesus in Quran is discussed by the name of sprit of Allah like once the Christans came to prophet and asked him that don't you believe that Jesus (PBUH) is sprit of Allah .he replied "yes ,I do " so then they (Christans believe that if he is the sprit of Allah so he is the son of Allah .then Allah has reveled many ayah one of them is. 59 verse In Al Imran surah .The likeness of Jesus in God's sight is that if Adam .the translation of the verse .
9: The knowledgeable person means those who are wis enough to understand the Quran like those who are Commentators and those who leave it to Allah whatever they think of a mutashabih.like Qur'anic verses or muqataat like the آلم no one know there real meaning there are the secret between Muhammad PBUH and Allah .
I hope it will help you . If I say something which hurt you please forgive me.
Jazak Allahu khairen
