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termed the baatin or the haqeeqah. Some claimed that the inner meanings were
handed down secretly through the Prophet’s descendants, whom they named
imaams, while others claimed that they were passed down through a chain of
shaykhs or spiritual leaders.

Fortunately, the Qur’aanic description of this trend as being a result of
twisted hearts and deviation and the Prophet’s warning to the Muslim Ummah to
avoid those who take this path aid us in continuing to hold high the essential
purity and clarity of the Qur’aanic message contained in the muhkamaat verses.

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