Re: Details of interpreting verses from the Qur'an and obvious blunders
NO. A big NO. nobody comes back to this earth once died. Verses need to be interpreted. raising the dead is the exclusive attribute of the lord Almighty. Also this may cause contradiction in the Quran. I can't say more at this time. I think it accepted belief among you (psyah mentioned a couple of times) that people once died cannot come back. If not then if a sheikh or wali claim that Allah has given him the powers to raise dead, will you believe him? I will outright reject his claim.
I am not surprised with the BIG NO!
Do you deny Allah’s (swt) ability to take any one alive to heaven?
If Allah (swt) really wanted to take someone to heaven will it beyond Allah’s (swt) power and Omnipotence?
Forget what you believe as an Ahmadi – answer the above
Let me partially quote Sher Ali:
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*God’s ways are inscrutable and he powers are limitless. He who could create the whole universe by the word, Kun (be), surely can bring about such changes in matter as should make this apparently insoluble mystery yield to a solution.
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So how are you going to explain the following ayah
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and when you determined out of clay a thing like the form of a bird by My permission, then you breathed into it and it became a bird by My permission, and you healed the blind and the leprous by My permission; and when you brought forth the dead by My permission; and when I withheld the children of Israel from you when you came to them with clear arguments, but those who disbelieved among them said: This is nothing but clear enchantment. [5:110]
Allah (swt) says:
you determined out of clay a thing like the form of a bird by My permission
then you breathed into it and it became a bird by My permission
and you healed the blind and the leprous by My permission (at that time these were incurable diseases)
and when you brought forth the dead by My permission (people had died and were brought back to life – with Allah’s Will and Permission)
modelling a lump of clay into bird form and breathing into it to give life with Allah (swt)’s permission is miracle.
Those who had died were brought to life again. This is miracle
Curing the blind and leper at time was impossible neither Hz. Isa Ibn Maryum (as) was a physician – thus a miracle
Verses need to be interpreted.
You mean re-interpreted, don’t you?
This had been done by the Prophet (saw) and we have authenticated ahadith for this;
We have ijmah of the blessed Companions (may Allah (swt) be pleased with them all) of the Prophet (saw).
All the eminent scholars, whom even Ahmadis take to be Mujadids of their times, have interpreted the verses in light of Quran, ahadith, ijmah of the blessed Companions (may Allah (swt) be pleased with them all, and if need be Ijtehad and Qiyas.
We do not need new re-interpretation.
He it is Who has revealed the Book to you; some of its verses are decisive, they are the basis of the Book, and others are allegorical; then as for those in whose hearts there is perversity they follow the part of it which is 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. Al Imran: ayah 7
To understand ayahs of the Noble Quran – Accepted method is as follows:
First of all Quran explains itself
Secondly we use the Sunnah of the Prophet (saw) to understand the Quran
Thirdly we use the Ijma As-Sahabah
Forthly, Qiyas and Ijtihad (here Reason, Rationality and Logic can be employed)
Anything not from the above is disaster
If not then if a sheikh or wali claim that Allah has given him the powers to raise dead, will you believe him? I will outright reject his claim.
No, I will not believe him; and just like you I will outright reject his claim.
Now If Allah (swt) states in Quran that Hz. Isa Ibn Maryum brought dead to life with His Permission are you going to say: “No my rationality won't allow me to believe it to be so”.
We have authentic ahadith about miracles performed by Hz. Isa Ibn Maryum (as) with Allah’s (swt) permission. This I will believe.