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“It is He Who revealed the Book to you; in it are muhkamaat verses
which are the essence of the Book (umm al-kitaab) and other (verses)
which are mutashaabihaat. As for those whose hearts are twisted, they
follow the mutashaabih, seeking to sow discord and searching for its
inner meanings, but no one knows its inner meaning except Allaah.
And those firmly grounded in knowledge say, ‘We believe in it, as it is
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all from our Lord.’ Yet, none will realize (this) except the wise.”
Hence, the muhkam could be defined as those verses whose meanings are clear,
and the mutashaabih as those verses whose inner meanings are known only to
Allaah. ‘Aa’ishah reported that once the Prophet (r) recited the above
mentioned verse and said,
(. ﻡﻫﻭﺭﹶﺫﺤﺎﹶﻓ ﻪﱠﻠﻟﺍ ﻰﻤﺴ ﻥﻴِﺫﱠﻟﺍ ِﻙِﺌﹶﻟﻭُﺄﹶﻓ ﻪﹾﻨِﻤ ﻪﺒﺎﹶﺸﹶﺘ ﺎﻤ ﻥﻭﻌِﺒﱠﺘﻴ ﻥﻴِﺫﱠﻟﺍ ِﺕﻴَﺃﺭ ﺍﹶﺫِﺈﹶﻓ )
“If you meet those who seek out the obscure verses (mutashaabih), they are the
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ones whom Allaah has named in the Qur’aan, so beware of them.”
The concepts of muhkam and mutashaabih provide a set of guidelines by
which the Qur’aan should be understood. The system of fiqh (Islaamic law) has
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Soorah Aal ‘Imraan (3):7.
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Collected by al-Bukhaaree (Sahih Al-Bukhari, vol. 6, pp. 53-4, no. 70) and Muslim (Sahih
Muslim, vol. 4, p. 1402, no. 6442).
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