Question 421 - The Enlightening Answer Across the Ether, Vol 5
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Question 421
Peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you, O family of Muhammad. Peace be upon the Yamani of the family of Muhammad and upon your good and pure descendants. My master, this blessed verse occurs in the Quran: ‘He is the One who sends down water from the sky. Through it We bring forth the growth of all things; from it We bring forth greenery, from which We bring forth clustered grain. From the spathes of the date palm are clusters hanging low, and gardens of grapes, olives, and pomegranates-similar yet dissimilar. Look at their fruit when they bear fruit and at its ripening. Indeed, in that are signs for people who believe’ ([27]). What is the meaning or interpretation of these words from the verse: ‘similar yet dissimilar’? Allah, Glorious is He, was speaking about trees and plants and says ‘similar yet dissimilar.’ What did Allah mean by them? Did He mean the same subject, or is the family of Muhammad (a) within it? Praise be to Allah alone. Sender: Shaykh Iyad - Iran
Ahmed al-Hasan Response:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, the Imams and the Mahdis, and grant them peace. If you look at the leaves and branches of olive and pomegranate trees, you will find a resemblance between them, but their fruits are not alike. Likewise, Allah causes knowledge by which His servants benefit to appear from His guardians. Although Allah’s guardians resemble one another, their knowledge and the fruits that Allah causes to appear from them are not alike. As an example, you find that Allah caused supplication to appear upon the tongue of Zayn al-Abidin, Ali ibn al-Husayn (a), and caused jurisprudence to appear upon the tongue of al-Sadiq, Jafar ibn Muhammad (a). Peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you. Ahmed Alhasan Rabi al-Awwal 1431 AH
Source: The Enlightening Answer Across the Ether, Vol 5; Author: Imam Ahmed Al-Hasan; Question 421; Page Not available; AL-JAWAB-AL-MUNIR-V5-Q421. View Arabic source · Open the original Arabic source ↗
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↑ [27] Al-An‘am 99. [The source spells the surah name anomalously.]
References
- ↑ Ahmed Al-Hasan. The Enlightening Answer Across the Ether, Vol 5. Question 421; Page Not available. AL-JAWAB-AL-MUNIR-V5-Q421. View Arabic source
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Ahmed Al-Hasan. The Enlightening Answer Across the Ether, Vol 5. Question: 421. Page: Not available. AL-JAWAB-AL-MUNIR-V5-Q421. https://ahmedalhasan.org/ar/Library/BookContent/55