FILED UNDER: ANS Islamic Belief
TAGGED WITH:: Allah's transcendence, ambiguous verses, figurative interpretation, tafwid
/by sufyanAnswered by Sidi Salman Younas Question: How do you interpret Qur’anic verses that mention angels “ascending” to their Lord in light of our belief that no direction contains Allah? What about `Isa being raised “to” his Lord? Answer: assalamu `alaykum I pray you are well. All scriptural texts that lend themselves to striking similitude between […]
FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel, ANS Hanafi Fiqh, ANS Islamic Belief, ANS Shafi'i Fiqh
TAGGED WITH:: 66:12, Allah's transcendence, ambiguous verses, consigning the meaning, exegesis, Isa, jesus, khalaf, mutashabihat, salaf, ta'wil, tafsir, tafwid
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadh Faraz Khan Question: What is the meaning of the verse that states Allah blowing His spirit into Jesus? Answer: Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah, InshaAllah you are well. The verse in question is, “So We breathed into him of Our spirit” (66:12) What the Scholars of Exegesis Have Mentioned According to works of […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Islamic Belief
TAGGED WITH:: asharis, divine attributes, figurative interpretation, maturidis, tafwid
/by sufyanAnswered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: Is it true that the Hanbalis were very anti-Ash`ari? I have heard from some people that the beliefs of the Salaf were the beliefs of the “Atharis” and not the Ash`ari/Maturidis and things like interpreting the attributes is not valid. Can you please clarify? Answer: In the Name of […]
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