Reply to Uzma Bhabi 3rd October, 2018

Reply to Uzma Bhabi:

 I feel and think and have the opinion that the Qur’an's first and foremost level of understanding, as the author of this article himself points out, remains the Quranic reference to the context - relating the verses with what is before and, after it. Later one may endeavour to correlate the verses for all times to come. But this has to be juxtaposed with the context of the revealed verses. 

 For the Qur’anic context to be understood it is pertinent to identify the first addressees of God’s revelations. In Makkah, the first addressees were the Prophet (sws) both as Muhammad bin Abdullah and Muhammad the Messenger of God, the tribal leaders of the Quraish, at times the Jews, some Bedouins, and of course the believers (companions of the prophet). 

 In Madina, the first addressees were the Prophet as the Messenger of God, Jews, Christians, Hypocrites, Quraish, Bedouins, and the Sahaba identified as the Ansars and the Muhajirs. 

 The context of the Qur’an, first and foremost, should dilate the era of Makkah or Madina. The well-known collector of Hadith Imam Shaf'i said, “I am convinced about the veracity of my opinion but I do consider it likely that may turn out to be incorrect. Likewise, I am convinced about the incorrectness of the views different from mine. But I do concede the possibility that they may turn out to be correct". 

 ~ ولی تاویل شان در حیرت انداخت

   خدا  و  جبرئیل  و  مُصطفے را

 

Aamir Yazdani

A Traveller in the Quest for Truth.