Dua of Musa

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Re: Dua of Musa

@BigdaNawab

the evidence is actually your intellect…because it saw what is thinks it read in that verse.

and to be honest, its a learning experience for us all. so no point for two non-scholars on the subject to argue..hah

@Muzna

can the word “healing” not be interpreted in multiple ways?

for example: guidance for the jahiliya may be seen as “healing” for them…the Quran definitely provides that.

Peace BigdaNawab and Muzna

Of course you are both correct and so am I … However, earlier BigdaNawab said that one needs to understand hadith in the light of Qur’an … Now I presented a hadith where Fatihah is used as a cure and BigdaNawab took exception to that saying that it has been presented through my own bias. he said the Qur’an presents itself as a book of guidance and he said it is not a book of “magic spells” … I tried to show that it is also presenting itself as a healing in and of itself … But now I stand accused of seeing in it what my intellect wants to see.

I can of course argue the reverse case that BigdaNawab sees no cure in it due to his own intellect preventing that. So we are on stalemate … Except that His accusation on me is not valid … I am not the one presenting this argument, the scholars who I follow do … They are experts in Islam and have been license to transmit their teachings by the previous generation of experts. At the same time I do not negate your interpretion sister Muzna, yes it could well be interpreted in multiple ways … The apparent meaning however … I.e. The literal meaning cannot be ignored … If you read the translation again … It says it is a “healing and mercy for the believers” … So if healing meant to guide the jahil … Can it be that it is saying the belivers are jahil that need to be guided, when it already uses the term hidaya (to guide) in other places?