تَأْوِيلinterpretation

Example sentences

• والذب عنه لتأويل المحرفين وتعرض الطاغين

  And defend it from the misinterpretations of those who distort and the attacks of tyrants.

  لِتَأْوِيلِ — from the misinterpretations. The 'li-' here points to what the defense is aimed against — the misreading. The noun, an action-noun for 'twisted interpretation,' opens an 'of' pair telling whose twisting: the distorters'.

  From: Devotion to the Quran →

• والأصولي الذي طرد التأويل عند الآخرين جهميا ومعتزليا وضالا،

  And the theologian who pursues interpretation is considered by others as a Jahmi, a Mu'tazili, and misguided.

  التَّأْوِيلَ — the interpretation. This noun, the interpretation, is the accusative object of the verb and definite by 'al-'. It names what the scholar pushed through, the specific reinterpreting of texts.

  From: Unity Over Partisanship →