The decisive (Muhkamaat) are the basis of the Glorious
Qur’an, while the Allegorical (Mutasha’bihat) used to test if people’s heart have perversity and may seek to
cause diversion among the people. The real meanings of such Allegorical Ayahs
are known to Allah and those who are firmly rooted in knowledge. They are
mentioned in Surah Ale-Imran Ayahs 7 to 9. This Surah starts with such ‘Letter Symbols’
like ‘Alif Laam, Miem’
“He it is Who has sent down to you the Book, of it there
are some Ayahs decisive , they are the basis of the Book, and others are
ambiguous , they follow the part of it which is ambiguous (allegorical) ,
seeking to mislead , and seeking to give it ( their own) interpretation, but
none knows its interpretation except Allah; and those who are firmly rooted in
knowledge say: We believe in it, it is all from our Lord; and none do mind
except those having understanding. Our Lord! Make not our hearts deviate after
You have guided us (aright); and grant us from You mercy; surely you are the
most liberal Giver. Our Lord! Surely You are the Gatherer of men on a day about
which there is no doubt; surely Allah fails not (His) promise.” (3:7-9)
Of course, the
Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) must be the first who was fully aware of such
Ayahs.. According to the Traditions, he (s.a.w.a.s.) had said, “I am the City
of knowledge and Ali its Gate.” He (s.a.w.a.s.) further declared before his
departure from this world about the other “Rasikhona fil ilm” saying, “I leave
behind me Two especially important things: the Book of God and my (divinely
chosen) descendants (the Ahlul Bayt), should you be attached to These Two,
never, never shall you get astray after me. These Two shall never be separated from
each other, until they meet me at the Spring of Kauthar.”
Anas bin Malik relates that he asked the Noble Messenger
(s.a.w.a.s.) as to who the ‘Rasikhona fil ilm’ are. He (s.a.w.a.s.) replied: the
Rasikhona fil ilm are those whose hands never wrought anything but
righteousness, whose tongue uttered not but truth, whose hearts and mind are
always on the right, whose stomachs have always been free from every prohibited
or forbidden stuff.” “All these qualities can be found only in the Noble
Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) and the Holy Ahlul Bayt about whose purity and cleanliness
God Himself has declared in Ayah 33:33.
The Glorious Qur’an in Ayah 31:13 The greatest inquiry is
Shirk- polytheism, and it is declared as impurity or uncleanliness. Who can
deny the historic fact that while the Glorious Qur’an was being revealed,
except for the Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) and his vicegerent Ali, everyone had
once been a polytheist, and only few years before their death they joined the
rank of Muslims? Ali alone was there besides the Noble Messenger, who could
rightly claim equal purity of body and souls with the Noble Messenger
(s.a.w.a.s.) and the fact is also confirmed by the Noble Messenger in his saying:
- (Ali your flesh is my flesh, and your blood is my blood.)
Further reference about knowledge, please refer Ayahs 3:17,
4:162 29:49, 58:11, 16:43, 21:7
Sources: Tafsir al-Mizan by Allama Sayyid Muhammad Husayn
at-Tabatabaei’
Tafsir-e-Namouna by Ayatullah Naser Makarem
Shirazi
The Holy Qur’an by Ayatullah Agha
H.M.M. Pooya Yazdi
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