Qur'aanic Verse 97:5:
Transliteration:
Transliteration:
5. Salamun hiya hatta matlaAAi alfajri
Translation:
5. Peace it is, until the break of dawn.2
Study Note:
2. Laylatu alqadri – the night that is described in this 97th
Chapter of the Qur’aan – is one of the mutashabihaat
(parts of the Holy Book that the human mind cannot clearly understand) in terms
of Verse 3:7. Therefore, in pursuance of divine directions in that Verse, we
have to content ourselves with what Allah Almighty was pleased to inform us
about it in this Chapter. But we are not content! We insist on giving our own
error-prone interpretations thereof or on searching for such interpretations in
the books of ahaadeeth. We are thus guilty of seeking mischief as the Verse 3:7
tells us. According to that Verse no one but Allah knows its correct
interpretation.
An extract from yet-to-be-published Qur'aanic Studies Manzil VII.
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