تَفْسِيرexplanation

Example sentences

• وأما تفسيره للعلماء فجائز حسن والاجماع منعقد عليه فمن كان أهلا للتفسير جامعا للأدوات حتى التي يعرف بها معناه وغلب على ظنه المراد فسره

  As for interpretation by scholars, it is permissible and good, and consensus is established on it. Whoever is qualified for interpretation, possessing the necessary tools — including those by which its meaning is known — and the intended meaning is most likely in their view, then they may interpret it.

  تَفْسِيرُهُ — his explanation. The fronted topic — 'its interpretation' — with 'it' (the Book) attached, closing on -u as the subject. The 'as for' has hoisted it forward; the verdict on it comes only after the 'fa-'.

  From: How Scholars Read Scripture →

• وأما تفسيره للعلماء فجائز حسن والاجماع منعقد عليه فمن كان أهلا للتفسير جامعا للأدوات حتى التي يعرف بها معناه وغلب على ظنه المراد فسره

  As for interpretation by scholars, it is permissible and good, and consensus is established on it. Whoever is qualified for interpretation, possessing the necessary tools — including those by which its meaning is known — and the intended meaning is most likely in their view, then they may interpret it.

  لِلتَّفْسِيرِ — for interpretation. The 'li-' marks what one is qualified FOR — interpretation. The noun takes the -i ending after the preposition; together with 'fit' it says fit-for-the-task.

  From: How Scholars Read Scripture →

• وإن كان مما لا يدرك بالاجتهاد كالأمور التي طريقها النقل وتفسير الألفاظ اللغوية فلا يجوز الكلام فيه إلا بنقل صحيح من جهة المعتمدين من أهله

  And if it is something not reachable through juristic effort, like matters whose path is transmission and the explanation of linguistic expressions, then speaking on it is not allowed except with authentic transmission from reliable authorities.

  وَتَفْسِيرِ — and explanation. Joined by 'and,' a second example of such matters: 'the explaining of' — in the -i form, paralleling 'the matters' under the earlier 'such as.' It heads an 'of' pair naming what is explained: the language's words.

  From: How Scholars Read Scripture →

• وأما من كان ليس من أهله لكونه غير جامع لأدواته فحرام عليه التفسير

  As for those who are not qualified, because they do not possess the tools, interpretation is forbidden for them.

  التَّفْسِيرُ — interpretation. The subject that 'forbidden' was asserted of, arriving last (closing on -u): interpretation. The order — forbidden, upon him, interpretation — front-loads the verdict, then says for whom and of what.

  From: How Scholars Read Scripture →

• لكن له أن ينقل التفسير عن المعتمدين من أهله

  However, they may transmit interpretation from reliable authorities among its people.

  التَّفْسِيرَ — interpretation. The object of 'transmit,' in the -a form: the interpretation he relays. Not his own product but a thing handed on — the distinction the whole sentence turns on.

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• ٣ ومنهم من يفسر ألفاظه العربية من غير وقوف على معانيها عند أهلها وهي مما لا يؤخذ إلا بالسماع من أهل العربية وأهل التفسير

  3 - And among them are those who interpret Arabic words without knowing their meanings as understood by the experts, meanings which can only be learned by listening to Arabic scholars and interpreters.

  التَّفْسِيرِ — interpretation. 'interpretation,' owned in 'the masters of interpretation,' in the -i form, closing the sentence. Between the two — language experts and interpretation experts — lies the only sound road to these meanings; the third faulty type ignores both.

  From: How Scholars Read Scripture →

• وأما تفسيره للعلماء فجائز حسن والاجماع منعقد عليه

  As for interpretation by the scholars, it is permissible and good, and the consensus is settled upon it.

  تَفْسِيرُهُ — interpretation by him. The fronted topic, 'its interpretation,' 'it' (the Book) attached, in the -u as subject. Hoisted forward by 'as for,' it waits for the 'fa-' to pronounce on it — permissible, as before.

  From: Quran Interpretation and Debate →

• فمن كان أهلا للتفسير جامعا للأدوات حتى التي يعرف بها معناه وغلب على ظنه المراد فسره

  So whoever is qualified for interpretation, possessing the tools to know its meanings, and his opinion is predominantly correct, he interprets it.

  لِلتَّفْسِيرِ — for interpretation. The 'li-' marks what one is fit FOR — interpretation — the noun in the -i form after it. Fit-for-the-task, exactly as in the parallel passage.

  From: Quran Interpretation and Debate →

• وإن كان مما لا يدرك بالاجتهاد كالأمور التي طريقها النقل وتفسير الألفاظ اللغوية فلا يجوز الكلام فيه إلا بنقل صحيح من جهة المعتمدين من أهله

  And if it is not reachable through juristic effort, like matters of transmission and linguistic interpretation, then speaking on it is not allowed except with authentic transmission from trusted authorities.

  وَتَفْسِيرُ — and interpretation. Joined by 'and,' a second example — 'the explaining of' — here closing on -u, standing as its own topic, and heading an 'of' pair: explaining the language's words. (In the parallel passage it leaned on 'such as' in the -i form; here it stands free.)

  From: Quran Interpretation and Debate →

• وأما من كان ليس من أهله لكونه غير جامع لأدواته فحرام عليه التفسير لكن له أن ينقل التفسير عن المعتمدين من أهله

  As for those who are not its experts due to lack of tools, it is forbidden for them to interpret, but they can convey interpretation from trusted sources.

  التَّفْسِيرُ — the interpretation. The subject of the fronted 'forbidden,' arriving last (the -u): interpretation. The order — forbidden, upon him, interpretation — front-loads the verdict.

  From: Quran Interpretation and Debate →

• وأما من كان ليس من أهله لكونه غير جامع لأدواته فحرام عليه التفسير لكن له أن ينقل التفسير عن المعتمدين من أهله

  As for those who are not its experts due to lack of tools, it is forbidden for them to interpret, but they can convey interpretation from trusted sources.

  التَّفْسِيرَ — interpretation. The object of 'transmit,' in the -a form: the interpretation he relays — handed on, not his own. The distinction the sentence turns on.

  From: Quran Interpretation and Debate →