RE: Verse 42:23 and how to interpret it, disciplines of interpreting Quran.
January 14, 2018 at 4:38 pm
(January 14, 2018 at 4:31 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(January 14, 2018 at 4:23 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: The Quran is not meant to be approached like any book. It has warnings. It has warning with respect to Satan and his recitation, with respect to locks and knots blown upon by dark forces, and it has warnings with respect to how past revelations were first distorted in meaning and than slowly it's texts changed as well, and it has warnings with respect to relying on other than God, and it has warnings that the unjust will not be increased in it but in injustice, and it has prayers in it that must be pay attention to at the moment and it's relevance to the Surah, and it has a way out of the darkness but most people hate the way that God loves, and it has champions in form of guiding leaders that it manifests their qualities, and shows the consistent way of appointed chosen families in the past and how their authority was taken by people not fit for it, be it people who testify to them or turn them to idols or deny them all together.
And it commands to not make haste with respect to limiting what the Surahs are saying, and giving it time, and to reflect over time, and perhaps in that reflection the easy reminder will become manifest and the easy way to God will become clear, and the clear truths will become manifest, and the connection we all are linked to will become clear.
Peace be upon the family of Taha and Yaseen.
This is not what you are getting.
EVERY holy book, holy writing, is MARKETING.
They are ALL intended to draw the reader in. Just like Coke and Pepsi. Just like Bud Lite Beer vs Miller Lite.
A Christian or Jew or Hindu or Buddhist can make the same argument, "My writing was not intended to."
"My holy book was not meant to" is the same argument.
It works when it suits you and is "misunderstood " when even other sub sects of your own religion don't agree.
The people of falsehood and the people of truth will argue, reasoning by truth and reasoning by falsehood will seem the same to ignorant people, and we will remain ignorant until we begin really to reflect ourselves, and we should make notes, like if we learn something, write it down, if not for others at least for yourself.
You can't go with a lazy attitude to understand wisdom. You have to commit with resolve and caution from preferring falsehood over truth, or erring in irrationality or relying on conjecture.
