Based on what we discussed, read and learned in this course, in your own words, please first describe the main features, structure, and content of the Qur’an as a text and the way it has been received

MUHKAMAT &MUTASHABIHAT FRIDAY FEB 5, 2021FRIDAY FEB 5, 2021 CATEGORICAL ( MUHKAMAT ) ALEGORICAL (MUTASHABIHAT ) • T he categorical and the allegorical, in fact, relates to whether a certain text lends itself to being understood by human beings or not. All the other divisions really pertain to how that text is to be understood and whether it is to be currently applied or not. • The categorical verses are generally viewed as those verses whose meanings are explicit and/or have a legal significance whereas the allegorical are viewed as those verses where the meaning is obscure or inexplicable. THE MOST GRACIOUS, ESTABLISHED ON THE THRONE. Why Some of Qur’an’s verses are allegorical ? • The Qur’an was revealed within a particular historical situation over a period of time and in response to specific needs. • The words and phrases used in human conversations are created only for everyday needs, and for this reason, as soon as we step out of the confines of human material life, for example, we talk about the Creator, who is infinite in every way. We clearly see that our words are not the format of those meanings and we have to use words that are deficient in various ways, these word deficiencies are the source of a significant part of the similarities of the Qur'an. • Concepts like the other world, or supernatural subjects are far from our horizons of thought, and we are unable to comprehend their depth due to our confinement in the prison of time and space. S uch as some verses related to the Day of Judgment. • Example: Like if you want to explain the world to a baby living in the embryonic world. If you do not say a word, it shows that you are hiding the truth, and if you do say it, you will have to say it implicitly, because the baby in this circumstance does not have more ability to understand. • T he application of thoughts and ideas and the creation of intellectual movement in human being. It likes a complex intellectual issue that is designed to strengthen the thoughts of thinkers. • These verses in the Qur'an illuminates the human’s great need for divine leaders and the Prophet and his guardians, and causes human being to refer to them and recognize their leadership in practice, and also in other sciences and guidance. For example, the explanation of some issues in textbooks is left to the teacher and so that the students do not cut off their relationship with the teacher and inspired by the teacher’s thoughts.