Note to al muttaqūn at 2:2.

Note to al muttaqūn at 2:2.

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1️⃣-SAM-Qur’anic definition: 

al kitābu lā rayba fī hi. The Traditionalist has a parsing problem at 2:2. He is not clear whether the sense is: This is the Book about which there is no doubt, a guidance for those conscious of Allah (Saheeh International) or This is the Book; in it is guidance sure, without doubt, to those who fear Allah (Yusuf Ali). He resolves his problem by declaring both readings valid and adding two sets of three dots to the Qur’anic text to indicate alternate readings. The most basic application of pan-textual analysis shows that the same collocation as found at 2:2 is found also at 10:37 and 32:2 where it can only be parsed in the first way; and in accordance with the methodology here, that must be the correct parsing at 2:2 also. To consider 2:2 free of Traditionalist encumbrances then, we should recall that dhālika indicates what directly precedes (see note above). The question is then: what directly precedes dhālika here? What directly precedes dhālika here is the first instance of al ḥurūf al muqaṭṭaʿāt, which in English transliteration is alif lām mīm. For the statement here at 2:2 to be meaningful, alif lām mīm must in some way signify values equal to al fātiḥah. And here our journey into understanding al ḥurūf al muqaṭṭaʿāt begins (for the full analysis of al ḥurūf al muqaṭṭaʿāt see Article MLQ.) We saw above that verses 1:1-7 comprise a suzerainty (or lord-vassal) treaty defining obligations and rights between parties. Familiarity with the broader text reveals that the Qur’an itself serves two purposes: to confirm what is within its scope, and to give a detailed exposition of al kitābu lā rayba fī hi (see 10:37). Thus al fātiḥah comprises the quintessence of which the remaining Qur’an is an exposition or working-out. In Arabic kitāb refers to something written. That sense includes contract and synonyms thereof, and given what we have understood of al fātiḥah, the collocation under discussion is rendered here and throughout: the Writ about which there is no doubt. See also 10:37, 32:2 and Notepad IX.i.

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2️⃣-RAF:

https://muktabulraf.blogspot.com/2021/12/fear-ellah-muttaqi-sl24-25.html?m=1

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