Ta’wil of ‘Saaq’
The word “Shin” (Saaq in Arabic) refers to in the
following Qur’anic verse :
“On a day when shin shall be exposed, they shall be ordered to prostrate, but
be unable” (Qur’an 68:42)
It shows that the
great Sahabi, Abdullah Ibn ‘Abbas (RA) actually made ta’wil (figurative
interpretation) of this word. It is also a rebuttal to those who disputed
its authenticity.
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Ta’wil of al-Kursi
Al-Jasim (Salafi)
mentioned that the above narration which he weakened was
recorded by al-Tabari (in his Tafsir), but what he did not mention is the point that al-Tabari himself appears
to have given preference to the view that al-Kursi
can mean Allah’s Ilm
(see below where he said that the Origin [Asl] of al-Kursi is Ilm). This
despite the fact that al-Jasim was sure that al-Tabari had the genuine ‘Salafi’ creed (as found on p. 126
onwards of the English edition compiled by al-Ashanti)!
Imam al-Tabari (d. 310 AH) gave a few narrations on the Tafsir (exegesis) of the
above verse and the point below is what alludes to al-Tabari’s preference on
this issue:
The portions in green are al-Tabari’s wording which translates as:
“The outward wording
of the Qur’an indicates the correctness of the saying of Ibn Abbas that
is related by Ja’far ibn Abi’l Mughira from Sa’eed ibn Jubayr from
him (Ibn Abbas), that he said: ‘It is His Ilm’ (His knowledge).”
The
last line also in green mentioned al-Tabari saying:
“And the Asl (original
sense) of al-Kursi is al-Ilm.”
What al-Jasim (salafi) and those he was refuting didn’t seem to have known to mention is that
in the most authentic book of Hadith on the face of the Earth, known as Sahih al-Bukhari, it has also mentioned a report from Ibn Abbas’ (radiallahu anhu)
disciple known as Sa’eed ibn Jubayr (ra) which affirms that al-Kursi can mean Allah’s Ilm.
Indeed, the mass
circulated English translation of Sahih
al-Bukhari by Muhsin
Khan has with deliberate intent left this passage un-translated
from Ibn Jubayr!
It may be that Muhsin Khan who is from
the same sect as al-Jasim and al-Ashanti did not want the non-Arabic readers to
know this, for it may be at odds with his school of creed. More so, al-Ashanti, who denied the claims that his sect never tampered
with classical texts needs to inform his readers why one from his
sect left this out, and why al-Jasim missed this narration from Sahih
al-Bukhari as well.
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(Edited by ADHM)
