Al-Muhkam Wa Al-Mutashabih: Mai Bayyanannen Da Mai Rashin Bayyanuwa
Al-muhkam Wa Al-mutashabih The Precise And The Imprecise
Kur'ani ya ƙunshi ayoyi masu bayyanannen ma'ana (Muhkam) da ayoyi masu ma'ana mai rikitarwa (Mutashabih), kamar yadda Allah Ta'ala ya faɗa: {...wasu daga cikinsu ayoyi ne bayyanannu; su ne tushen Littafin, wasu kuma masu rikitarwa...} Suratu Aali Imraan, aya ta 7. Muhkam shi ne wanda ma'anarsa take bayyana a fili, wanda bayyanarsa take kawar da yiwuwar wata ma'ana daban. Misalinsa shi ne faɗar Allah Ta'ala: {...Allah ya halatta ciniki, ya haramta riba...} Suratu Al-Baqarah, aya ta 275. Haka kuma: {Ɓarawo, namiji da mace, ku yanke hannayensu...} Suratu Al-Ma'ida, aya ta 38. Da kuma: {Kuma a cikin ramuwa akwai rayuwa a gare ku, ya ku masu hankali; domin ku kame kanku} Suratu Al-Baqarah, aya ta 179. Sauran ayoyi irin waɗannan ma suna cikin muhkam. Mutashabih kuwa shi ne akasin muhkam, kuma yana da yiwuwar ma'anoni fiye da ɗaya, ko daidai da juna ko kuma ba daidai ba. Misalin wanda ma'anoninsa suka yi daidai shi ne faɗar Allah Ta'ala: {Matan da aka saki za su jira da kansu tsawon watanni uku...} Suratu Al-Baqarah, aya ta 228. Kalmar (Quru') tana iya nufin haila (hayd) ko tsarki (Tuhr). Haka kuma faɗar Allah Ta'ala: {...sai dai idan sun yafe, ko kuma wanda igiyar aure take hannunsa ya yafe...} Suratu Al-Baqarah, aya ta 237. Wanda yake riƙe da igiyar aure yana iya zama miji ko waliyyi. Sannan faɗar Allah Ta'ala: {...ko kuma kun kusanci mata...} Suratu An-Nisa'i, aya ta 43. Ma'anar tana tsakanin taɓawa da hannu da jima'i, shi ya sa ta zama mai rikitarwa. Misali kuwa ma'anoni ba su yi daidai da juna ba shi ne faɗin Mai girma da ɗaukaka:{Amma Fuskar Ubangijinka mai girma da karimci ce za ta dawwama} Suratu Ar-Rahmaan, 27. {Idan na daidaita shi (cikin kyakkyawan tsari) na busa masa daga ruhina…} Suratu Al-Hijr, 29. {Daga cikin abubuwan da hannayenmu suka halitta…} Suratu Yaseen, 71. {Allah zai mayar musu da izgilancinsu, ya kuma bar su su yi yawo cikin ɓarnarsu kamar makafi} Suratu Al-Baqarah, 15. {Kafirai kuma sun yi makirci, Allah ma ya yi makirci, kuma Allah shi ne mafi alherin masu makirci} Suratu Aal Imraan, 54. {Sammai kuma za a naɗe su da hannun damansa: Tsarki ya tabbata a gare shi, kuma ya ɗaukaka daga abin da suke haɗawa da shi na abokan tarayya} Suratu Az-Zumar, 67. Da makamantan waɗannan, ayoyi suna da yiwuwar ma'anoni da dama bisa fahimtar harshen Larabci dangane da salon Larabawa, da kuma bisa ma'anonin shari'a. Duk abin da yake mutashabihi (mai ruɗani) ne. Lallai ana kiransa mutashabihi saboda rashin tabbas na ma'anarsa ga mai saurare. Mutashabihi ba shi ne wanda ma'anarsa ba ta fahimtuwa ba, domin babu wani abu a cikin Alƙur'ani da ba a fahimta ba, domin shigar da wani abu marar fahimta a cikin Alƙur'ani zai fitar da shi daga matsayin bayani ga mutane, kuma hakan yana sabawa faɗin Mai girma:{Wannan bayani ne ga mutane, da shiriya da gargaɗi ga masu tsoron Allah} Suratu Aal Imraan, 138. Dangane da haruffan haruffa da ke farkon surori, suna da ma'anoni, domin sunaye ne na surorin kuma masu bayyana su. Muna cewa surat: surat, da surat, da surat, da sauransu. Babu wani abu a cikin Alƙur'ani da ba shi da ma'ana kuma ba za a iya fahimtarsa ba, amma duk abin da ya zo a cikin Alƙur'ani ana iya fahimtarsa, kuma Allah Maɗaukaki ya tsarkaku, Yana yi wa mutane magana da abin da ba zai yiwu a gare su su fahimta ba.
The Qur'an contains precise (Muhkam) and imprecise verses according :said ala'Ta Allah what to (…some of it are precise verses; they are the foundation of the Book and others are imprecise...) 7 Surat Aali Imraan. The muhkam (precise) is what its meaning appears and exposes an exposure that removes the possibility (of :saying s'ala'Ta His like) meanings different Allah} (… has permitted trade and forbidden usury…)275 Surat Al-Baqarah, And the thief, male or female, cut off his or her hands…)38 Surat Al-Ma'idah, of Law the In Equality there is life for you, O you men of understanding; that you may restrain yourselves) 179 Surat Al-Baqarah, and other alike verses. As for the mutashabih (imprecise), it is the contrary of the muhkam, and has the probability of more than one meaning, either equal to each other or not equal. An example for which the meaning came equal is His Ta'ala's saying: Divorced women shall wait concerning themselves for three monthly periods…)228 Surat Al-Baqarah, the word (corou') probably means the menses (hayd) or the purity (Tohr), and His Ta'ala's saying: ِ...) } unless they remit it or (the man's half) is remitted by him in whose hands is the marriage tie…)237 Surat Al-Baqarah, so the one that has the tie of the marriage is probably the husband or the guardian (wali), and His Ta'ala's saying: {or ye have been in contact with women…) 43 Surat Al-Nisaa', for the hesitation of it between the touching by hand and the copulation. An example for what the meaning came as not equal to each other is His Ta'ala's saying:{But will abide (forever) the Face of your Lord, The Full of Majesty, Bounty and Honour) 27 Surat AlRahmaan, {When I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breathed into him of My spirit…) 29 Surat Al-Hijr, among other things which Our Hands have fashioned…) 71 Surat ,Yaseen {Allah will throw back their mockery on them, and give them rope in their trespasses; so they will wander like blind ones (to and fro)) 15 Surat A-lBaqarah, plotted) Unbelievers then (And} and planned, and Allah too planned, and the best of planners is Allah) 54 Surat ِ,Imraan Aal in up rolled be will heavens the and} His right hand: Glory to Him and High He is above the Partners they attribute to Him) 67 Surat Al-Zumar, and the like, it has the probability of several meanings according to the understanding of the Arabic language with respect to the Arabs' styles, and according to the shari'ahi meanings, all that is mutashabih (imprecise). Verily it is named mutashabih for the uncertainty of its meaning to the listener. The mutashabih is not what its meaning is not understandable because there's nothing in the Qur'an that is not understandable, because there inclusion of the Qur'an of something not understandable makes it out of being a clarification to the mankind, and that is contrary to His Ta'ala's saying: Here is a plain statement to mankind, a guidance and instruction to those who fear Allah) 138 Surat Aal Imraan. As for the alphabetic letters in the beginning of the chapters (surat); they do have meanings, because they are names for the chapters and definers for them, we say surat: surat and :surat and َsurat and etc. There is nothing in the Qur'an that has no meaning and could not be understood, but all what came in the Qur'an can be understood and exalted be Allah Ta'ala that He addresses mankind by that which is impossible for them to understand.