Shia Quran Meanings
Mu' meneen
Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa
Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be
upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked this
question:
Salaams Dear brother and
Sister of the Bohra Jamma.I am deeply hurt to see that even though the BOHRA
jamma is a SHIA jamma, ((different in followings of the Shia imamia from the
Holy Imam Jaff e sadiq), the fundamentals are the same, in the beliefs in the
teachings of Imam Aly, dua's and supplications of Imama Zainul Abidin and the
following of the Holy Ahlul bait, peace upon them all.
The split and the difference
is not the subject of my topic here, since I cannot change a community on
exchange of Emails.
What I don't understand is
that the references made in this helpline comes from the translation of
Abdullah Yusuf Aly. The late Mr Yusuf Aly was a Bohra with a great gift
and he ended up translating the Holy Quran
with the support of the Saudi's the Wahabis. (funding)
The Saudis for a very long time used Mr Yusuf Aly's translation as the
only source allowed in Saudia.
I think, if I am not mistaken
, Mr Yusuf Aly was also disgraced from the Bohra community to embark on the
translation project without the permission of the Bohra Sayeddna.
The rest of the SHIA world
would never accept the translation from
a WAHABI funded project or a sunni referenced translation. The Shia's
openly say the "lanaat" on the Wahabis and I think your
Sayednna got into trouble also for stating the same.
Anyway..my issue here is, why is it that you BOHRA's have translations from
Yusuf Aly than Shia translations.There are significant differences between the
two translations. Off course it is the same QURAN, but it is what you call
"sabak" where you disclose the hidden meanings or Tawhid/Tabil nu
bayan or something like that. (sorry no offense...but you know what I mean)
Anyway..if you get a
translation for example from the prominent SHIA translator S.V Mir Ahmed Aly
and compare you will realize the significant differences between the teachings
of the SHIA and the Sunni.
I make these statements
becaause I have discussions with your Mullahs and they 100% of the time are in
agreement with me after I have provided the proof.
for example: The quran refers to the Holy Imam Aly several times as:
Salehul Momineen
Man indaho ilmul Kitab
Man Yastari Nafsaho
Yotoonaz Zakaat wahom
Rake'oon
Now a sunni translation will have no idea what that is, so the BOHRA will miss
that and claim that ALy is never mentioned in the Quran and thus a blasphemy
right there!
Also..Surah Maryam:
The verse:
Kaf, Ha, Ya, Ain, Saad... the
meaning of this verseonly the Ahlul bait knew and that was passed down tothe
Rightful believers like all SHIAs ( inlculdingyourself). This a very powerful
verse with manyhiddden meanings and brings out the power of whatAllah (SWT) is
telling us all. I will quote one of the meanings where I know your Sayeddna has
also stated the same:
Kaf--for kerbala
Ha--Annihalation of the Holy
family
ya for yazid
Ain for Atash-- killing on
thirst
Saad for Sabr
This same verse also compares what happened to prophet Yaya and imam
hussein--exacty the same.If there is an interest I can write a short on this
next time.
Also another meaning is each of the five letters stands for the attributes of
GOD five of the 99
K (kaf)---charitable giver
Ha (H)—hadi
Ya (Y)--for Yad hand and
refers to 48:10
Ain (A)--Alim all knowing
Sand (S) for Sadiq ( the true
one)
Now go read the translation of Yusuf Aly or any other Sunni translation and
they write that this verse's true meaning is known to Allah alone and they
write something else about it, that is their opinion.
This are just 2 examples I
have taken to make a point, however there are many many more.
It would be better if the
helpine refers to the proper translation in my opinion.
Anyway I end with "La iqra fidini" there is no compulsion in
religion.
P.S if I am allowed we can
have an open CHAT between BOHRA's doctrination and SHIAS.
But first you all must read
the history of the FATIMIDS by Daftary or Bernard Lewis or maybe even your own
Bohra the son of the late 51st Dai Taher Saifuddin, Dr Hatim in the Uni of
Oxford in UK .Something else I need to know. In the Islamic world Sayedd means
from the progeny of the Prophet (SAW), you all BOHRA's state Sayeddna so and
so, I think most of the Bohras are of Indian Origins other than from yemen, and
the present Sayeddna is Indian, Yes?
So where does the SAYED (
progeny of the prophet resides) Honestly I am ignorant and I am a doing
comparative studies and thus I ask??
My sources of the BOHRA doctrination are great bookslike The Ismailis by
Daftahry and this caht helps tremendously. I hope I do not offend anyone and If
I have my sincere and humble appologies to all Bohras. You are a great
community with a variation in your beliefs but after all SHIAS and that is
important to me.
Salaams and Allah Hafiz
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Answer:
Shia Quran Meanings
In the name of
Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah
guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide
them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person,
no grave, no prophet, no
imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Dear
brother, we have read the various translations of the Holy Quran, and in
general we have found that the meanings and context of the verse never
change…. Whoever fears Allah and
translates the Holy Quran, they are all agreed on the meanings of the clear
verses.
But there are
some ambiguous verses, where some scholars of some sects have tried to give
arbitrary meanings to those verses, and tried to implant their versions, and their
stories, and the names of their personalities from the History of Islam into
these verses of Allah. We have always tried to stay away from arbitrarily
interpreting these verses, because that is the guidance of Allah.
Allah says in the Holy Quran in Chapter 3 Surah
Ale Imran verse 7:It is Allah, Who sent down this Quran to you. (There are two kinds of verses in the
Book.) In it are verses Basic or
Fundamental (of established meanings which can be easily understood), and they are the essence or foundation of
the Book. And the other verses are
Allegorical or Ambiguous. Those in whose hearts is perversity will always
go for the Allegorical or Ambiguous
verses, seeking discord and trying to
search for their hidden meanings. None, except Allah, knows their
real meanings(Ta’aweel)!
In contrast to them, those who are firmly grounded in knowledge, say: “We believe in them all, because all of them are from our Lord.
Allah Himself
warns us about the people who always go after the ambiguous verses; He calls
them the people who have a disease in their hearts because they are the ones
always trying to search for their ‘hidden’ meanings. Then Allah refutes all those who claim to understand the ‘taweel’
meanings by clearly stating that it is Allah Alone who knows the Taweel of the
Quran.
Our object and
mission is to understand the ‘muhkamaat’ aayahs of the Quran, and not try to
arbitrarily interpret the ‘mutashabehaat’ aayahs. We believe in all of them, because they are all from our Lord.
The believers
should be honored to be called and recognized by the name Allah Himself has
chosen for them; that is,
‘muslims’. These sects of Shias,
Sunnis, Ismaelis, Bohras, etc. are all the invention and creation of
man, and have no basis and no authority
in the deen of Islam whatsoever. Thus,
when someone claims that this is a Shia version of the Quran or the Sunni
version: BEWARE! These people are trying to guide towards
their sects, rather than towards the clear guidance and teachings of Allah
Subhanah.
May Allah guide
you and us all to the Straight Path of Islam.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and well wisher in Islam,
Burhan