Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (387) | Ambiguities of the Qur’an
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A summary of the core concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah.
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Ambiguities in the Qur'an.
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Whatever the Qur'an leaves unspecified and the Sunnah does not clarify,
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there is no benefit in seeking to determine or specify.
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Rather, doing so is an act of unnecessary overburdening and delving without knowledge into matters of no avail,
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yielding nothing but mental confusion, distraction from the primary purpose,
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and wandering lost in a desert of illusions and conjectures.
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Indeed, it is considered part of the whisperings of Satan and speaking about Allah without knowledge.
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Allah—Exalted is He—warns against this, saying:
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"And do not follow the footsteps of Satan.
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Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy."
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“He enjoineth upon you only the evil and the foul, and that ye should tell concerning Allah that which ye know not.” (2:169)
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"And that you should say about Allah that which you do not know."
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A summary of the core concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah.