Verses Muhkam and Mutasyabih

1. Understanding of the verses – Verses Muhkam and Mutasyabih

According to language, muhkam comes from the words "hakamtud dabbata wa ahkamtu" meaning "I hold the beast", a word related to the word muhkam al-hukm which means deciding between two things or things. Muhkam in interpret as anything in sturdy. Thus, muhkam nature of the qur'an because the words of the qur'an are sturdy, beautiful, clear, and to distinguish between right and vbatil and between the true and the lie.

According to language, mutasyabih means tasyabuh, i.e. when one of two things is similar to the other. Syubhah is the State where one of the two things that cannot be distinguished from the others because of the similarities between them are concrete or abstract. Colloquially, the verses that are mutashabehaat are the verses pertaining to issues that the occult meaning of God and people learned that knowing.

Clearly the difference between verses muhkam and mutasyabih is

1. easy verse Muhkam known meaning, whereas mutasyabih meaning known only to God himself.

2. the paragraph only contain Muhkam one explanation, while mutasyabih contains many explanations.

3. the intent of paragraph Muhkam be known directly, without the need for other information, while mutasyabih is not.

2. The attitude of the clergy Against the verses Mutasyabih

Ibn habib Annaisaburi divides the three opinions regarding the content of the verses of the qur'an, the first verse of the qur'an, it's entirely muhkam. Second, the verse of the qur'an is entirely mutasyabih, and a third, and these opinions are most appropriate, verse of the qur'an there are a tone of mutasyabih da muhkam.

In his book, Usul fi al-tafsir, Shaykh Muhammad bin shlih al-' uthaymeen mutasyabih paragraph into two groups. First, the essential berisfat, i.e., what is not knowable by human reason. The second, which is relative, i.e. verses the meaning still samara tau hidden for some people but not for others.

3. fawatih al-suwar  (letter opener)

The words are plural form of the word is the fatihah, which means opening. fawatih al-suwar are some of the opening Sura of the qur'an Sura – or some

kind of prefix from the surah – surah al-quran.

4. The presence of Wisdom verses muhkam and mutasyabih

a. wisdom existence of verse verse muhkamat

1. Make it easy for people who are weak in Arabic language skills to understand the qur'an

2. Facilitate people memorize and maintain

3. Encourage Muslims to more actively understand, appreciate, and apply  the contents of the content of the qur'an.

b. the wisdom verses that are Mutashabehaat

1. Essentially derived paragraph mutasyabih to test our hearts in believing it.

2. In principle, the existence of mutasyabih verses in the qur'an is a great stimulant for reasonable people who believe to better think about its meaning so as not to freeze is weak and because Affairs are easy and obvious does not need to understand the risks.

3. Basically the prophets sent to all humanity.

4. Verses mutasyabih search requires a deep and full meaning prudence so that misunderstandings do not occur

5. Wisdom verses of mutasyabih won't be intelligible and understood except by those who have the bright eyes of the heart and reason.

6. Verses mutasyabih pushes people who have knowledge of and faith in God to always appealed to him.