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AlGhazalisIhya-Book_of_Reading_the_Koran, page : 16
The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, prayed to Allah for ibn Abbas,
saying: “My Lord! Please make him a scholar in religion and teach him
interpretation.” If interpretation was only heard as in revelations, and preserved in
the same manner, then what would be the point of the Prophet‟s prayer for ibn
Abbas in particular.
Allah, the Almighty has said: “…those of them whose task is to research they
would have known it. …” (Koran Ch. 4 verse 83) this proves that the
knowledgeable people are capable of understanding.
It is known that presumption is beyond what is heard, so the assumption that
interpretation depends on what is heard is void, it is possible for everyone to
discover of the Koran according to his understanding and to the limit of his
reason.
The prohibition is confined in two ways; first, that a man has an opinion about the
matter, and that he is inclined to his lusts, so he interprets the Koran according to
his opinion and his lusts and bends the meaning to suit his own purposes. He
uses this at times to argue with regard to knowledge, such as the one who uses
saying: “My Lord! Please make him a scholar in religion and teach him
interpretation.” If interpretation was only heard as in revelations, and preserved in
the same manner, then what would be the point of the Prophet‟s prayer for ibn
Abbas in particular.
Allah, the Almighty has said: “…those of them whose task is to research they
would have known it. …” (Koran Ch. 4 verse 83) this proves that the
knowledgeable people are capable of understanding.
It is known that presumption is beyond what is heard, so the assumption that
interpretation depends on what is heard is void, it is possible for everyone to
discover of the Koran according to his understanding and to the limit of his
reason.
The prohibition is confined in two ways; first, that a man has an opinion about the
matter, and that he is inclined to his lusts, so he interprets the Koran according to
his opinion and his lusts and bends the meaning to suit his own purposes. He
uses this at times to argue with regard to knowledge, such as the one who uses