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How does
the Qur'an explain its subjects?
“The
Qur'an is not like an ordinary book whose chapters are
bifurcated according to subject at one place, rather the
Quran has its topics scattered within its Suras
(Chapters) at many places. So if one needs to understand a
topic then he has to look into all the locations within the
Qur'an where that subject occurs and compile all the verses
related to it. If we do this exercise, then we observe that
all the verses about one particular subject explain and
clarify each other. And once we organize those verses
according to subject, we see what it really is that the
Qur'an is saying about that topic. This manner of Qur'anic
study is not my own invention but already presented in the
Qur'an. The following verses identify this aspect:
"And thus do We REPEAT the Ayat <nussariful
Ayat> and that they may say: You have read; and that We may
make it clear to a people who know."
(6:105)
"And certainly We have REPEATED <sarrafna>
for men in this Quran every kind of similitude, but most men
do not consent to aught but denying."
(17:89)
It
is by repeating the Ayat at different places within
the Quran that Allah explains different subjects, and by
gathering and analyzing those Ayat, we get the explanation <Tafseel>
of the Book of Allah, as said in the following verse:
"And this Quran is not
such as could be forged by those besides Allah, but it is a
verification of that which is before it and a clear
explanation of the book, <tafseel al Kitab> there is no
doubt in it, from the Lord of the worlds." (10:37)
The
above verse informs us that the Quran is itself <Tafseel
al Kitab>, i.e. "A detailed explanation of the Book".
Whatever may be the subject under discussion, the Quran
elucidates it by it self. What is not clear in one verse is
clarified through some other passage of the Qur'an itself.”
How
does the Qur'an explain its subjects?
http://www.mostmerciful.com/second-coming.htm
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