(October 15, 2018 at 12:40 pm)MysticKnight Wrote:(October 15, 2018 at 12:33 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote: Okay. Very nice hiding that verse in English between the lines.
But the word "like" is used to say "explicitly" that this is an example given with a tree.
How does that relate to saying that "a tree" is not actually a "tree"?
This is a rule you put, there is no reason to assume Allah (swt) will always say "this is a parable here"... because not eloquent. If something in many places is proven to be a parable, then perhaps most of it's uses in Quran, God meant in that way.
It's like the verses clarifying what is meant by disbelief, that is some verses are explicit in that the context is if the truth has reached or been shown, then God's wrath, where as he makes exception to those without power (weakness) to believe based on proof or reject it, and that their trial is different, and God is forgiving merciful.
He doesn't need to repeat the exception everywhere nor clarification, it's not eloquent to do so.
The same with parables. It would be highly uneloquent, in that he states, and "and that was a parable there". It's insult to our intelligence as well.
Clarification is only needed once or two times.
No. When a God speaks, I expect him to be very obvious in displaying his message, I also expect every sentence to have a meaning.
Symbolism is cool when a Satanic gang commit crimes. It's also cool in a teenager poetry journal. But it's not a respected way for a God to speak. A God demanding all creatures to worship him must be obvious.
He is a God. He can repeat clarification everywhere, and still be obvious and eloquent. And that's what the Quran is.
