Ash-Shu'ara 1: Taa. Seen. Meem.

A. Metin Saruhan · 21 August 2017 · Ash-Shu'ara

Translation

Taa. Seen. Meem.

Tafsir

These letters are the Muqaddah Verses. We will come across them frequently at the beginning of some of the Surahs that follow. In the seventh Verse of Surah Al-Imran, it is stated, "Those who have a crookedness in their hearts seek after the mutabbih Verses in it to sow sedition and to interpret it. However, only Allah knows its interpretation). So, according to this verse, no one can give a meaning to it, and those who try to give a meaning go as far as denying this verse. God forbid, they may even disbelieve. (For more information, please refer to the seventh verse of Surah Al-Imran, Volume One).

What is said in the video

Surah Ash-Shu'ara, the first verse: the verses Tâ Sîn Mîm. We said these verses are the muqatta'a verses of the Quran. Allah Almighty — in the Quran, of the Quran, there are verses that form the foundation. And then there are muqatta'a verses. In verse seven of Surah Al Imran too, it says: only those with a disorder in their hearts follow these muqatta'a verses.

Yes, we will read to you from this commentary. Last week we explained it from the translation. These letters are muqatta'a verses. We will frequently come across them at the beginning of some of the following suras. In verse seven of Surah Al Imran: those with deviation in their hearts, to stir up discord and to interpret it, pursue the ambiguous verses in it. Yet only Allah knows its interpretation. So if only Allah knows its interpretation, these Elif Lâm Mîm, Tâ Hâ, Yâ Sîn and similar muqatta'a verses, no one can give a meaning to. The moment someone gives them a meaning, give such people your verdict right away.

Fallen into the craving to be a leader, with a disorder in their hearts, to show themselves superior to people or to display their knowledge, giving meaning to such muqatta'a verses — such are those people. And make them (?) right away. That is, don't listen to them. What does it say anyway? Look, what are we saying? They pursue the ambiguous verses. Yet only Allah knows its interpretation. So according to this verse, no one can give it a meaning. Those who attempt to give it meaning go as far as denying this verse. Allah forbid, they even reach kufr. For detailed information, to Volume 1, Surah Al Imran, verse 7, one should refer, we wrote. Somewhere we saw that an honourable gentleman had written a book.

We said: let's see how he wrote it, what he wrote here.

That book was at our children's house, well, we took it and looked, opened it, the first place I opened: when it said Elif, Lâm, Mîm has three meanings, I closed it right there.

These people write books. For you to write a book, you need to know the verses. Without knowing the verses, what religious topic will you write about? The religious topics you write about turn into superstition. If you say the verse Elif, Lâm, Mîm has three meanings, you fall under what Surah Al Imran's seventh verse states. Allah forbid. Yes.