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MUHAMMAD
OR
DOES
ANTICIPATE
NOT
QURAN;
EXPLAIN,
INTERPRET,
JUST D E L I V E R & F O L L O W .
H a d i t h & Sunna advocates c l a i m that H a d i t h & Sunna
a r e n e e d e d to e x p l a i n Q u r a n .
H o w e v e r , Q u r a n t e a c h e s that G o d i s the t e a c h e r of
Q u r a n ; t h a t G o d w i l l p u t Q u r a n i n t o the h e a r t s of b e l i e v e r s
r e g a r d l e s s of t h e i r m o t h e r t o n g u e ; a n d that M u h a m m a d w i l l
not e x p l a i n Q u r a n . D o c u m e n t s a r e s h o w n b e l o w :
G o d i s the t e a c h e r of Q u r a n (55:
1
1-2)
" W h e t h e r i t c a m e down i n n o n - A r a b i c o r A r a b i c , s a y , ' F o r
t h o s e who b e l i e v e , i t i s a g u i d a n c e a n d h e a l i n g . A s f o r the
d i s b e l i e v e r s , t h e y w i l l be deaf a n d b l i n d to i t . ( 4 1 : 44)
f n
" D o not m o v e y o u r tongue (O M u h a m m a d ) i n a n t i c i p a t i o n of
Q u r a n . It i s we who put i t t o g e t h e r as a Q u r a n . O n c e we
r e c i t e i t , y o u s h a l l f o l l o w i t . T h e n , i t i s we who e x p l a i n i t . "