Understanding Usul Al-Fiqh by Abu Tariq Hilal - Abu Ismael al-Beirawi

The noble Qur‟an does not have a Zaahir (outer) or Baatin (secret) meaning as some claim. It is an Arabic speech, which has come in the tongue of the Arabs. He (swt) said:

“We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur‟an.” (TMQ Yusuf: 2)

“In the plain Arabic language.” (TMQ Ash-Shu‟ara: 195)

It is understood the same way as any Arabic speech is understood. What Allah (swt) intends by the Qur‟an is what has been expressed by the noble Qur‟an itself. Allah (swt) did not intend anything other than what was expressed. His intention is only understood from understanding of the syntax. The Arabic meaning is what Allah (swt) intended in His speech, which He (swt) expressed in the Arabic words and Arabic style. Accordingly, the import of the speech is what the speech indicated, through the linguistic proofs and the Shar‟i indication mentioned in the Kitaab or Sunnah. This has no „outer‟ or „inner‟; it rather has a meaning indicated by the Arabic speech, through the understanding of the Arabic words and styles.