Do you believe every word of the Quran literally or do you think that some things in the Quran are symbolic and have an important message but should not be taken literally?
As you can read below you must take the Quran as the literal, revealed word of God to be a Muslim.
How to Become a Muslim: Simply by saying with conviction, "La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammadur rasoolu Allah," you convert to Islam and become a Muslim. This saying means "there is no god but God (Allah), and Muhammad is the messenger of God." The first part i.e. "there is no god but God," means that none has the right to be worshipped but God alone and that God has neither partner nor son. To be a Muslim, you must also believe that the glorious Qur'an is the literal and revealed word of God and that the Day of Judgment is true and will come as promised in the Qur'an. Further, as a Muslim, you must believe in and accept Islam as your religion and way of life. Still further, you must not worship anything or anyone except Allah. Upon entering Islam, you have just added yourself to a family of over 1.5 billion Muslims all over the world. These fellow Muslims become your brothers and sisters in faith and consequently are obliged to support, comfort, and love you for the sake of Allah. (Taken from the preface to the English Translation of the Meanings of the Holy Quran) Translated and edited by Message International-USA Saheeh International-UK Dar Al Mountada-Saudi Arabia Al Qummah-Egypt
There is not, however, consensus among all Muslims that the Quran must be taken literally. Several groups, at different times in history, the Sunni Mu'tazilis and mainstream Twelver Shi'a (refers to the 12 divinely ordained leaders or 12 Imams, the official doctrine of Iranian state) thought today have argued an esoteric interpretation of the Quran. This leads to the idea that the meanings of the Quran can only be properly interpreted by the Imams of 'ahl al-beyt' and not by common people. 'Ahl al-beyt' means 'people of the house' and refers to the Prophet's family. Sunni Muslims are obligated to love 'ahl al-beyt' but in Ismaili Shi'a and other traditions 'ahl al-beyt' is more central and believed to be the true successors of Muhammad. Disagreement over the successors to the Prophet is at the root of the Sunni-Shi'a split. Shi'a cite Sura 3:7: "He it is who has bestowed upon thee from on high this divine writ, containing messages that are clear in and by themselves - and these are the essences of the divine writ - as well as others that are allegorical." This translation clearly indicates that all of the Quran is not to be taken literally. However, a Sunni translation of the same passage reads: "It is He who has sent down to you, [O Muhammad], the Book; in it are verses which are precise - they are the foundation of the Book - and others are unspecific." So 'allegorical' is now 'unspecific' and the Quran may be taken literally. So, in short, it depends on who you ask.
i think this question is good because the different between Muslims habben the understanding every word of the Quran literally this is big problem because the hully quran must be understand in side the role of the language of Arabic if i do not know the science of language of Arabic i can not understand islam and make many problems with others Muslims and non Muslims i can say the best understanding of islam in azhar only the evidence of my speach we can not find any terrorist in azhar
As you can read below you must take the Quran as the literal, revealed word of God to be a Muslim.
ReplyDeleteHow to Become a Muslim:
Simply by saying with conviction, "La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammadur rasoolu Allah," you convert to Islam and become a Muslim. This saying means "there is no god but God (Allah), and Muhammad is the messenger of God." The first part i.e. "there is no god but God," means that none has the right to be worshipped but God alone and that God has neither partner nor son. To be a Muslim, you must also believe that the glorious Qur'an is the literal and revealed word of God and that the Day of Judgment is true and will come as promised in the Qur'an. Further, as a Muslim, you must believe in and accept Islam as your religion and way of life. Still further, you must not worship anything or anyone except Allah. Upon entering Islam, you have just added yourself to a family of over 1.5 billion Muslims all over the world. These fellow Muslims become your brothers and sisters in faith and consequently are obliged to support, comfort, and love you for the sake of Allah.
(Taken from the preface to the English Translation of the Meanings of the Holy Quran)
Translated and edited by Message International-USA
Saheeh International-UK
Dar Al Mountada-Saudi Arabia
Al Qummah-Egypt
For more information visit:
FreeQuran.com
There is not, however, consensus among all Muslims that the Quran must be taken literally. Several groups, at different times in history, the Sunni Mu'tazilis and mainstream Twelver Shi'a (refers to the 12 divinely ordained leaders or 12 Imams, the official doctrine of Iranian state) thought today have argued an esoteric interpretation of the Quran. This leads to the idea that the meanings of the Quran can only be properly interpreted by the Imams of 'ahl al-beyt' and not by common people. 'Ahl al-beyt' means 'people of the house' and refers to the Prophet's family. Sunni Muslims are obligated to love 'ahl al-beyt' but in Ismaili Shi'a and other traditions 'ahl al-beyt' is more central and believed to be the true successors of Muhammad. Disagreement over the successors to the Prophet is at the root of the Sunni-Shi'a split.
ReplyDeleteShi'a cite Sura 3:7:
"He it is who has bestowed upon thee from on high this divine writ, containing messages that are clear in and by themselves - and these are the essences of the divine writ - as well as others that are allegorical."
This translation clearly indicates that all of the Quran is not to be taken literally.
However, a Sunni translation of the same passage reads:
"It is He who has sent down to you, [O Muhammad], the Book; in it are verses which are precise - they are the foundation of the Book - and others are unspecific."
So 'allegorical' is now 'unspecific' and the Quran may be taken literally. So, in short, it depends on who you ask.
i think this question is good because the different between Muslims habben the understanding every word of the Quran literally
ReplyDeletethis is big problem because the hully quran must be understand in side the role of the language of Arabic if i do not know the science of language of Arabic i can not understand islam and make many problems with others Muslims and non Muslims
i can say the best understanding of islam in azhar only
the evidence of my speach we can not find any terrorist in azhar