@hysnihusnimeryaqu: Literalism is damaging Islam. By literalism, I mean taking a Qur’anic verse or hadith in isolation and assuming that its first apparent meaning is the complete Islamic position. That ignores context, Arabic language, tafsīr, hadith methodology, legal principles, scholarly disagreement, spirituality and centuries of intellectual work. Islam was never shallow. But when we reduce a rich intellectual and spiritual tradition to one quote, one ruling, or one AI answer, we make it shallow. #hysnimerja #australia #islam #youth #intellectual
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Wednesday 23 September 2026 10:27:24 GMT
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Amsa Hope :
yeah, right! thank you!
2026-09-25 15:59:18
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jawaaz aziz :
Can you give an specific example or actual case of literalism damaging Islam?
2026-09-25 02:32:07
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Faghmie Edwards :
Wow.
why do you guys make religion so difficult to understand.
When the ALMIGHTY clearly says the Quran is made easy for all mankind to understand.
I think most scholars are under threat because they bilelieve the Quran is only for them to understand.
2026-09-24 16:36:15
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Alihadi :
Jazak Allah Khair, very true
2026-09-24 10:26:30
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Zakir Basree :
You dont have to spend 13 years to kmow that. NOTHING wlrthwhile reads isolation, however one cannot deny that reading the Quran in isolation tend to make one less radical then reading Hadith verses in isolation
2026-09-24 01:28:31
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abdullahyakubnaat :
Can you please give me one verse in the Quran that if you consider the literal meaning of it would damage Islam?
2026-09-23 19:22:54
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Mrflfle :
Finally, someone spoke about this.
2026-09-23 18:06:24
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mel9mel :
you are absolutely right. but these imams and ustads think otherwise for the simple reason they do not have intellectual discernment. sadly they lack such capacities. hence unwittingly Islam is being vandalized by them. unfortunately they think they are right.
the revelation given by God to Rasullullah was then the most
progressive one. look at it now, literally being dragged back to the 9th century. and the ummah blindly follows. sad very sad 😢
2026-09-23 10:41:30
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abdulla mohammid :
BISMILLAH, ALHAMDULILLAH SUPHANNALLAHI WA BEHAMDIHI LA ILLAHA ILL ALLAH ILLA ANTA SUPHANNAK ☝️ASSALAMU ALAIKUM WARAHAMMATULLAHI WA BARRAKTU BELOVED AMEEN FINALLY FESUBBILILLAH SOMEONE IS SPEAKING ALHAMDULILLAH BARAKALLAHU, AMEEN ,IN REFERENCE TO THE DEEN BEING AFFECTED ITS GOOD THAT YOU CORRECTED. BY CONTEXT, [Hands open][Hands open][Hands open]
2026-09-23 14:36:31
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Comedy Aotearoa :
yea sadly one sect almost makes God like a human.
2026-09-23 16:03:27
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sAsARan25 :
JazzakAllah
2026-09-23 11:04:42
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Chloe74 :
Good
2026-09-23 12:33:50
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Biya17522 :
100% Correct
2026-09-24 00:20:33
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Shaban :
aferim hoxh
2026-09-23 12:06:41
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I am d I am :
That's true bro
2026-09-23 16:36:58
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Fauziya.THE ORACLE OF DAGBON :
MA SHA ALLAH
2026-09-24 20:31:58
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pro_shikiss_4 :
makes sense
2026-09-23 13:55:25
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tarikalhoshan :
You have to read verses and hadiths literally unless they are allegorical. Some verses can't be understood out of context. You need to read what comes before or after a particular verse or understand the events upon which the verses were revealed. So reading literally is a different issue than reading out of context. I would like to add "The literalist approach to Islamic jurisprudence and exegesis in Al-Andalus (Muslim Spain) is represented by the Zahiri school of thought. While the region was overwhelmingly dominated by the Maliki school, the literalist tradition flourished under the pioneering leadership of the Andalusian scholar Ibn Hazm of Córdoba (994–1064 CE)."
I think that the Muslim world suffers from ignorance and the ease with which opinion can be manipulated, often with the help of religious scholars that participate in the manipulation.
2026-09-24 22:54:56
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jamesmakgakge811 :
do Muslims need PhD to understand Isla?
2026-09-23 14:40:25
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Bang Heru :
Well, the quran was revealed to a dessert ummah of the 7th century Arabia. The message was supposed to be simple and straight forward. Otherwise no one would understand the message back then. It was later when people started to think of the message as non-literal: Jihad no longer armed struggle. Hijrah no longer taking refuge, fleeing from persecutions. I even started to hear people arguing "salah" is not bowing and prostrating 5 times a day. I think, avoiding the literal meaning of the Quran as it was sent down to the 7th century Arabian dessert people would actually create a problem. Quran message was very literal and straight forward, it was given to a simple dessert people for them to immediately understand the message. No phylosophical meaning attached. 😂
2026-09-23 12:40:42
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ustop :
ابن الحيثم
2026-09-23 15:45:11
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MoNazyr :
You are True there are so many Muslims or so called Muslims who became pseudo scholars.. Total ignorance
2026-09-24 06:24:54
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user2910392638818 :
Now understand why our Beloved Prophet Muhammad SAW has mentioned this!
2026-09-23 13:47:40
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pgxxxxxxxxxxzz301 :
arabic language you can go every direction exept the right one!
2026-09-23 10:54:22
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rimafaraj :
I think God says otherwise...
2026-09-25 19:08:45
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