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222 With Love to Muhammad sa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn
10. In the relevant portion of the quotation on the above
scanned pages, Hazrat Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindī rh states:
The mutashābihāt [verses susceptible of different
interpretations] of the Qur’ān have to be understood through
interpretation, instead of literal meaning. Allāh, the Exalted,
says in the Qur’ān:
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وَمَا يَعْلمَُ‏ اتَ‏ ‏ْوِيْهلَٗ‏ ۤ اِلاَّ‏ اهللّ‏ ٰ ُ
Hence, we learn that the mutashābihāt are susceptible to
interpretation in the sight of Allāh, the Exalted,. Their literal
meaning is not intended. Allāh, the Exalted, allows those
firmly grounded in knowledge to partake of this knowledge of
right interpretation. Hence, at a higher level, the knowledge
of the unseen specific to Allāh, the Exalted, is only
granted to the prophets. This (knowledge of) interpretation
should not be understood the same as when the word “yadd”
[hand] refers to “power” and the word “wajh” [face] refers to
“being.” By any means, this is not so! Instead, the knowledge
of this interpretation is only given to the most special servants
(of Allāh).
In other words, he is saying that Allāh, the Exalted,
teaches the secrets of the Qur’ān through revelations
made to the divine scholars of the ummah. However,
those who are granted knowledge of the unseen
specifically and at a higher stage are called prophets.
Moreover, in maktūb Number 301, he has written:
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And none knows its right interpretation except Allāh.—Sūrah Āle Imrān,
3:8