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by anajmi » Sat Jul 30, 2016 1:22 pm
Coming to Bohra Taawil. We have been discussing bohra taawil on this forum for over a decade. What I gather from the decade long discussion is that Taawil is an interpretation of the ayahs of the Quran with the sole purpose of elevating humans to status of the divine. That is Taawil and nothing more. We have a couple of examples right here on this forum. Our prime taawiler was porus. Now this is very rare - for someone to actually tell us the taawil of an ayah. It is like trying to get meat out of a lion's jaws (or some similary analogy). It is virtually impossible to get taawil out of a taawiler, but once in a while, they mistakenly spit it out. porus once told us about the taawil according to SMB about the rivers of milk and honey in jannah. And guess what they are in taawil? Yep, you guessed it right. The milk is the Imam and the honey is the Dai.... or may be the other way around. Then we also have the taawil of Surah Fateha on this forum according to the current Alavi Bohra Dai which says that Rahman and Raheem in the Surah Fateha is Hassan and Hussain.. or something to that effect. So any taawil you pick, it is the art of converting humans into idols and then indulging in idol worship.
That is it. The reason bohra Dais and their sycophants dwell on taawil but never real present it is because it is the foundation of idol worship. Biradar keeps talking about the 10 volumes of Ibn Kathir. What makes up those 10 volumes? Here is an example (by the way, the 10 volumes are available freely on all platforms unlike the bohra taawil).
The tafseer of the first ayah of Surah Baqara ( I do not want to discuss the tafseer over here. I just want to demonstrate what those 10 volumes are made up of. After just browsing through you'll know what the tafseer is and why it might need 10 or more volumes.) Of course the purpose behind demonstrating this is to show that nothing like this exists for taawil. Everything in blue is the tafseer.
These Letters testify to the Miraculous Qur'an
The wisdom behind mentioning these letters in the beginning of the Surahs, regardless of the exact meanings of these letters, is that they testify to the miracle of the Qur'an. Indeed, the servants are unable to produce something like the Qur'an, although it is comprised of the same letters with which they speak to each other. This opinion was mentioned by Ar-Razi in his Tafsir who related it to Al-Mubarrid and several other scholars. Al-Qurtubi also related this opinion to Al-Farra' and Qutrub. Az-Zamakhshari agreed with this opinion in his book, Al-Kashshaf. In addition, the Imam and scholar Abu Al-`Abbas Ibn Taymiyyah and our Shaykh Al-Hafiz Abu Al-Hajjaj Al-Mizzi agreed with this opinion. Al-Mizzi told me that it is also the opinion of Shaykh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah. KAz-Zamakhshari said that these letters, "Were not all mentioned once in the beginning of the Qur'an. Rather, they were repeated so that the challenge (against the creation) is more daring. Similarly, several stories were mentioned repeatedly in the Qur'an, and also the challenge was repeated in various areas (i.e., to produce something like the Qur'an). Sometimes, one letter at a time was mentioned, such as Sad, Nun and Qaf. Sometimes two letters were mentioned, such as
﴿حـم ﴾
(Ha Mim) (44:1) Sometimes, three letters were mentioned, such as,
﴿الم ﴾
(Alif Lam Mim (2: 1)) and four letters, such as,
﴿المر﴾
(`Alif Lam Mim Ra) (13:1), and
﴿المص ﴾
(Alif Lam Mim Sad) (7:1).
Sometimes, five letters were mentioned, such as,
﴿كهيعص ﴾
(Kaf Ha Ya `Ayn Sad) (19:1), and;
﴿حـم - عسق﴾
(Ha Mim. `Ayn Sin Qaf) (42:1-2).
This is because the words that are used in speech are usually comprised of one, two, three, four, or five letters.''
Every Surah that begins with these letters demonstrates the Qur'an's miracle and magnificence, and this fact is known by those well-versed in such matters. The count of these Surahs is twenty-nine. For instance, Allah said,
﴿الم ذَٰلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لاَ رَيْبَ فِيهِ﴾
(Alif Lam Mim) This is the Book (the Qur'an), wherein there is no doubt (2:1-2),
﴿الم - اللهُ لا إلَهَ إلاَّ هُوَ اَلْحَيُّ القَيُّومُ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَٰـبَ بِالْحَقِّ مُصَدِّقاً لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ﴾
(Alif Lam Mim. Allah! La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), Al-Hayyul-Qayyuum (the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists). It is He Who has sent down the Book (the Qur'an) to you (Muhammad ) with truth, confirming what came before it.) (3:1-3), and,
﴿المص كِتَٰـبٌ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ فَلاَ يَكُن فِى صَدْرِكَ حَرَجٌ مِّنْهُ﴾
(Alif Lam Mim Sad. (This is the) Book (the Qur'an) sent down unto you (O Muhammad ), so let not your breast be narrow therefrom) (7:1-2).
Also, Allah said,
﴿الر كِتَابٌ أَنزَلْنَٰـهُ إِلَيْكَ لِتُخْرِجَ النَّاسَ مِنَ الظُّلُمَـتِ إِلَى النُّورِ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِمْ﴾
(Alif Lam Ra. (This is) a Book which We have revealed unto you (O Muhammad ) in order that you might lead mankind out of darkness (of disbelief and polytheism) into the light (of belief in the Oneness of Allah and Islamic Monotheism) by their Lord's leave) (14:1),
﴿الم - تَنْزِيلُ الْكِتَابِ لاَ رَيْبَ فِيهِ مِن رَّبِّ الْعَالَمينَ﴾
(Alif Lam Mim. The revelation of the Book (this Qur'an) in which there is no doubt, is from the Lord of the `Alamin (mankind, Jinn and all that exists)!) (32:1-2),
﴿حـم - تَنزِيلٌ مِّنَ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ ﴾
(Ha Mim. A revelation from (Allah) the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful) (41:1-2), and,
﴿حـم - عسق- كَذَٰلِكَ يُوحِي إِلَيْكَ وَإِلَى اَلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكَ اللهُ اَلْعَزِيزُ اَلْحَكَيمُ ﴾
(Ha Mim. `Ain Sin Qaf. Likewise Allah, the Almighty, the Wise sends revelation to you (O Muhammad ) as (He sent revelation to) those before you.) (42:1-3).
There are several other Ayat that testify to what we have mentioned above, and Allah knows best.
Al-Hayy in the Quran is one of the beautiful names of Allah (swt) . It means the ever living and in bohra taawil the dead 52nd Dai became Al-Hayy. After he died!!!