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A personal interpretation is used to interpret the hadiths of Ahlulbayt who interpreted the Qur'an. No matter the chain of order and/or sources, interpretation feeds on interpretation, making everything subjective; thus, everything is at the very best, educated guess work, for intention of historical figures' commentary is never fully known, it is, to an extent, speculated.
 
Interpreting the Quran is limited to an ayatollah or scholars who spend more than 10 to 20 years of life studying the Quran , the hadiths of Ahlulbayt and other Islamic specialties like history, ethics....etc.

when someone says i dont understand what this verse means, you cant just jump in and say i can interpret it for you. you have to search for a trusted interpretation before you mislead the person with your personal interpretation.
 
The Holy Prophet says:
"I Leave two great and precious things among you: The Book of Allah and My Household"

thats why every ayatollah and scholar relies on the hadiths of Ahlulbayt when interpreting the Quran because the Knowledge of Ahlulbayt is completely divine. they did not acquire it through life experiences or learn it from other people.

 
Question: What do the scholars say about this verse 16.98-102?

98. When thou dost read
The Qur-ān, seek God's protection
From Satan the Rejected One.
99. No authority has he over those
Who believe and put their trust
In their Lord.
100. His authority is over those
Only, who take him as patron
And who join partners with God.



101. When We substitute one revelation
For another,—and God knows best
What He reveals (in stages),—
They say, "Thou art but a forger":
But most of them understand not.
102. Say, the Holy Spirit has brought
The revelation from thy Lord
In Truth, in order to strengthen
Those who believe, and as a Guide
And Glad Tidings to Muslims.​
Thank you.
 
I will try to find an interpretation in english if possible
 
There is a book called Al-Mizan An Exegesis of the Qur'an written by Ayatollah Muhammad Husayn at-Tabataba'i
 it is in Arabic ÇáãíÒÇä Ýí ÊÝÓíÑ ÇáÞÑÂä
Al-Mizan consists of 20 volumes (in Arabic)
i tried to find al-mizan in english but i only found volume 1
Islamic Education Center - Islamic Books Online Library - Al-Mizan An Exegesis of the Qur'an (Volume One) and the verses you posted are not in it

I can not interpret the verses you gave me according to my understanding because i am not a scholar and Islam prohibits people from doing so if they dont have enough knowledge but i will try to find al-mizan in English
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This is from al-Mizan book


Chapter 16
2:62​
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Surely those who believe, and those who are Jews, and the Christians, and the Sabaeans, whoever believes in Allâh and the Last Day and does good, they shall have their reward from their Lord, and there is no fear for them, nor shall they grieve (62).
COMMENTARY
The verse first mentions the believers, and then says, "who­ever believes in Allâh . . ." The context shows that the latter phrase refers to the real belief, the true imân, and that the word, "those who believe", (mentioned at first) refers to those who call themselves believers. The verse says that Allâh gives no im­portance to names, like the believers, the Jews, the Christians or the Sabaeans. One cannot get a reward from Allâh, nor can he be saved from punishment, merely by giving oneself good titles, as they, for example, claim that: no one will enter the Garden except he who was a Jew or a Christian (2:111). The only criterion, the only standard, of honour and happiness is the real belief in Allâh and the Day of Resurrection, accompanied by good deeds. It should be noted that Allâh did not say, ‘who­ever of them believes'; otherwise it would have accorded some recognition to these titles, and would have implied that there was, after all, some benefit in acquiring these names.
This theme has been repeatedly expounded in the Qur’ân. The honour and felicity depend entirely on true and sincere servitude; no name, no adjective, can do any good unless it is backed by correct belief and good deeds. This rule is applicable to all human beings, right from the prophets to the lowest rank. Look how Allâh praises His prophets with all beautiful and excel­lent attributes, and then says: and if they had set up others (with Him) certainly what they did would have become ineffectual for them (6:88). Also,He describes the high status and great prestige of the Holy Prophet and his companions, and then ends it with these words: Allâh has promised those among them who believe and do good, forgiveness and a great reward (48:29). Ponder on the significance of the phrase "among them".
Then we find that Allâh had given a man some of His signs but he went astray: and if We had pleased, We would certainly have exalted him thereby, but he clung to the earth and followed his low desire . . . (7 :176) .
There are many verses clearly showing that the honour and respect with Allâh depends on reality, not on appearance.

TRADITIONS

Salmân al-Fârisi said: "I asked the Prophet (s.a.w.a.) about the people of that religion which I followed (prior to Islam), and I described their (way of) prayer and worship. Then it was revealed: Surely those who believe, and those who are Jews. . . " (ad-Durru 'l-manthûr)
The author says: Various other traditions with different chains of narrators, say that this verse was revealed about the people of Salman.
Ibn Faddal said: "I asked ar-Rida (a.s.) why "an-Nasârâ" (
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= the Christians) were given that name. He said: 'Because they were from a village called an-Nâsirah (
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= Nazarath) in Syria.[FONT=&quot]http://www.iec-md.org/bookstore/e-library/al-mizan/al-mizan_tabatabaei_vol_1_18.html#_ftn8[5] Maryam and `Isa settled there after they returned from Egypt.' " (Ma`âni '1-akhbâr)
The author says: We shall comment on this tradition when writing on the stories of `Isa (a.s.) in Chapter 3 (The House of `Imrân) , God willing.
The same tradition says that "al-Yahûd" (
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= the Jews) got this name because they are descended from Yahûda, son of Ya'qûb. (ibid.)
The Imâm said: "The Sabaeans are a people, neither Zoroas­trian nor Jews, neither Christians nor Muslims; they worship the stars and planets. (at-Tafsir, al-Qummi)
The author says: It is idol-worship of a special type; they worshipped only the idols of the stars, while others worshipped whatever idol caught their fancy.

A HISTORICAL DISCUSSION

Abû Rayhân at-Bîrûnî writes in his book al- ‘âthâru 'l-­bâqiyah:
"The earliest known among them (i.e., the claimants of prophethood was Yudhasaf.[FONT=&quot][/FONT][6] He appeared in India at the end of the first year of the reign of Tahmurth; and he brought the Persian script. He called to the Sabaean religion, and a great many people followed him. The Bishdadian kings and some of the Kayanis who resided in Balkh held the sun, the moon, the stars and the planets together with other elements in high esteem and believed that these luminaries were very sacred. It continued until Zoroas­ter appeared at the end of the thirtieth year of Peshtasav's reign. The remnants of those Sabaeans are now in Harrân, from which they have got their new name, Harrâniyyah. Also it is said that this nomenclature refers to Harân, son of Târukh (Terah) and brother of Ibrâhîm (a.s.), as he allegedly was one of their religious leaders and its staunchest follower.
"Ibn Sancala, the Christian, has written a book against Sabaeans. In that book he has attributed many ridiculous things to this Harân. For example, he describes the Sabaeans' belief about Ibrâhîm (a.s.) in these words: “Ibrâhîm (a.s.) was removed from their community because a white spot had appeared on his foreskin, and the Sabaeans believed that a person having a white spot was unclean, and avoided mixing with such person. To remove that defect, Ibrâhîm cut his. foreskin, i.e. circumcised himself. Then he entered one of the temples; and lo! an idol called out to him: "O Ibrâhîm! you went away from us with one defect and came back with two; get out and do not ever come back to us." Ibrâhîm was enraged; he smashed the idols; and went out. After some time, he felt remorse for what he had done, and decided to sacrifice his son on the altar of Jupiter, as it was their custom to kill their children to please the deities. When Jupiter was convinced of the sincerity of his repentance, it sent a lamb to him to slaughter in place of his son.”
" ‘Abdu '1-Masîh ibn Ishâq al-Kindî wrote a book in reply of a book by ‘Abdullah ibn Ismâ'îl al-Hâshimî. In that book `Abdu '1-Masîh writes about the Sabaeans:
"’It is generally believed that they indulge in human sacrifice, although nowadays they cannot do so openly. But so far as our own information goes, they are monotheists who believe that God is free from every defect and evil, they describe God in negative, not positive, terms; for example, they say: Allâh can­not be defined or seen, He is not unjust or oppressive. According to them, the beautiful divine names may be used for God, but only in an allegorical sense, because no divine attribute can truly describe the reality. They believe that the management of all affairs is done and controlled by the sky and the heavenly bodies; the sky and those bodies are living things having the characteristics of speech, hearing and sight. They revere the light and the lumin­aries. One of their legacies is the dome above the niche in the Umayyid mosque of Damascus; it was their prayer house, and at that time even the Greeks and the Romans followed the same religion. Then it came under Jewish control and they turned it into a synagogue. Later, the Christians took it over and converted it into a church. Then came the Muslims, and they changed it into a mosque. The Sabaeans had their numerous places of wor­ships, and their idols were named after various names of the sun, and shaped with fixed patterns, as has been described by Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi in his book, The Houses of Worship. For ex­ample, there was the temple of Ba'lbak which housed the idol of the sun; of Qirân, which was related to the moon and built in the moon's shape, like a shawl worn over head and shoulders. And there is a village nearby, Salamsîn by name; it is a corruption of its original name,
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(Sanam Sîn = the idol of the moon). Likewise, another village is called Tara'ûz, that is, the gate of venus. They do also claim that the Ka'bah and its idols be­longed to them, and that the Meccan idol-worshippers were of the Sabaean religion. According to them the idols, Lat and `Uzza, re­presented Saturn and Venus. They have many prophets in their hierarchy, most of them being the Greek philosophers, for ex­ample, Hermes of Egypt, Agadhimun, Walles, Pythagoras and Babaswar (maternal grandfather of Plato) and many others like them. Some of them do not eat fish - lest it be spume; nor poultry, because it is always hot. Also, they do not use garlic, because it creates headache and burns the blood and semen (which is the source of continuity of the human race); and they avoid beans, because it dulls the intelligence and also because it had first sprouted in a human skull. They observe three compulsory prayers: at sunrise (eight rak `at) ; at noon (five rak `at) ; and at the third hour of the night.
"’They prostrate three times in each rak `ah. Also, they observe two optional prayers - at the second and ninth hours of the day.
" `They pray with taharah and wudu '; they take bath after janâbah; but they do not circumcise their children because they have not been told to do so. Most of their laws concerning marital and penal codes are like the sharî `ah of Islam; while the rules about touching a dead body are similar to Torah's. They offer sacrifices to the stars, their idols and the temples; the sacrificial animals are killed by the priests and witch-doctors, who read in it the future of the man who offers the sacrifice and answer to his questions.
" 'Hermes is sometimes called ldris, who is mentioned in Torah as Akhnukh. Some of them say that Yudhasaf was Hermes.
" ‘Some others have said that the present-day Varraniyyah are not the real Sabaeans; rather these are mentioned in the books as heathens and idolators. The Sabaeans were those Israelites who stayed behind at Babylon when their majority returned to Jeruselem in the reigns of Cyrus and Artaxerxes. They were favourably disposed to Zoroastrian beliefs, as well as to the religion of Nebuchadnezzar. What resulted from this exercise was a mixture of Judaism and Zoroastrianism - like the Samaritans of Syria. Most of them are found in Wasit and the rural areas of Iraq around Ja'far and Jâmidah; they trace their genealogy to Enosh, son of Seth. They criticize and oppose the Harraniyyah and their religion. With exception of a few things, there is no similarity between the two religions: The Sabaeans face towards the North Pole in their prayers, while the Harraniyyah face to­wards the South Pole.
" ‘Some people of the book have said that Methuselah had a son (other than Lamech), named Sâbî, whom the Sabaeans have descended from. The people, before the sharî`ah spread and before Yudhasaf appeared on the scene, followed Samanian beliefs; they lived in the eastern part of the world and worshipped idols. Their remnants are found in India, China and Taghazghaz, and the people of Khurasan call them Shamnan. Their relics, places of worship and idols are seen in eastern Khurasan adjoining India. They believe in eternity of the universe and transmigration of soul. According to them, the sky is falling down in an endless vacuum, and that is why it is moving round and round.’
"According to some writers, a group of them rejects the theory of eternity of the universe and says that it came into being one million year ago."
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so, basically, the "answer" to everything is "ask an ayatollah"? i personally have a huge problem with the idea that someone is right simply because they're descended from muhammad. after all, nasrallah's a "sayyid", isn't he? does that mean he's right, in your opinion? why?

i am not interested in answers that say "watch this video" or "read this massive extract" - i want you to explain it to me, using your own language, because if you can't, then you don't really know what you're talking about.

was-salaam

bananabrain
 
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