Those firmly rooted in knowledge
| Those firmly rooted in knowledge | |
| Arabic | الراسخون في العلم |
|---|---|
| Romanization | al-rasikhuna fi 'l-'ilm |
| Literal meaning | Those firmly rooted in knowledge |
Those firmly rooted in knowledge (
The term and its like is used in
].A crux in 3:7
This verse is a crux interpretum, in that it can be read in two ways, with a pause and without.[1][2] The phrase is either the end of the sentence that precedes it, or the beginning of a new sentence.[1][2] Sunni and Shi'a differ in their readings.[1][2]
Sunni view
All those who speak truth, their hearts are firm in belief, do not commit any unlawful acts, those who are well grounded in their knowledge of Deen, their knowledge translates into their actions, does not swear or take false oaths, does not consume wealth unlawfully.
Sunni view that those firmly rooted in knowledge are the body of Muslim Jurists (
Shi'a view
Shi'a view those firmly rooted in knowledge to be
] for some hadith in this regard.See also
References
- ^ a b c Neuwirth 2010, p. 515.
- ^ a b c Bar-Asher 2014.
- ^ "Lesson Twenty-One: The Sources of the Imam's Knowledge". Archived from the original on 2007-10-01. Retrieved 2006-10-22.
- Neuwirth, Angelika (2010). "The House of Abraham and the House of Amram". In Neuwirth, Angelika; Sinai, Nicolai; Marx, Michael (eds.). The Quran in Context: Historical and Literary Investigations Into the Quranic Milieu. BRILL. ISBN 9789004176881.
- Bar-Asher, Meir M. (2014). "The Authority to Interpret The Qur'an". In Daftary, Farhad (ed.). The Study of Shi'i Islam: History, Theology and Law. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9780857735294.
Further reading
- Bar-Asher, Meir M. (1999). "The Authority to Interpret". Scripture and Exegesis in Early Imāmī-Shiism. BRILL. p. 100. ISBN 9789004114951.
- Wild, Stefan (2010). "The Self-Referentiality of the Qur'an: Sura 3:7 as an Exegetical Challenge". In McAuliffe, Jane Dammen; Walfish, Barry D.; Goering, Joseph W. (eds.). With Reverence for the Word: Medieval Scriptural Exegesis in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Oxford University Press, USA. pp. 425–433. ISBN 9780199755752.
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