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Ismail al-Faruqi in The Cultural Atlas of Islam (Cultural
Atlas of Islam) explains, a person may not be able to understand the Quranic
verse without knowing the causes of the decline in the Quranic verse. '' One
thing that is impossible to understand a verse without knowing the background
and historical context of the verse, when the decline, and how the
circumstances at the time. ''
Moreover, he explained, many verses of the Koran are
elusive because most of its verses are sentences that are general, so it should
get an explanation of the history of Rasul SAW recounted by friends Rasul SAW.
In understanding the verses of the Koran, including the
causes of the revelation of the verses of the Koran, the companions of varying
describe them.
Ali bin Abi Talib RA, Abdul Aziz was quoted as saying in
the interpretation of Tafsir, said, '' By Allah, there is not a single verse
that down, unless I know about what, who, and in which the verse was revealed.
''
A similar statement was stated by Ibn Mas'ud RA. However,
not all the Quranic verse clearly known by the friends. On this, Subhi As-Salih
in Mabahits fi 'Ulum al-Qur'an explains, greeting Ali and also other opinion
referred, shows the amount of attention companion of the Qur'an.
In addition, it is caused by a genuine will urge the
friends of the things they had heard and seen on the verses of the Koran at the
time of the Prophet.
And, further As-Salih, could have a greeting from Ali was
sourced from the additional hadith transmitter which is then delivered that
speech came from Ali et al.
In the history stated that Muhammad Sirin Ubaidah once
asked about the meaning of a verse in the Qur'an. Ubaidah said, fear Allah and
admit honestly that people know when Ahjat the revelation of the Koran that has
passed away (the Messenger and his companions - Red). ''
Al-Hakim in the book Ulum al-Hadith explains, if a friend
or fall witnessed revelation the Quranic verses, they would say that this verse
was revealed about 'this', 'this' and 'this'.
Ibn Taymiyya argued, sometimes a history tells a verse
that actually mean in the verse itself was clear. For example, hadith like this
explains the verse, but did not explain why the decline in verse.
Az-Zarkasy in his book Al-Burhan, as quoted by As-Suyuti,
said, '' From the adat (customs) of the Companions and Successors can be seen
that when one says; 'The fall in this verse in this case', then the clause is
meant by those words is that the verse contains laws about something and not as
a cause decline in the Quranic verse. ''
Ismail Al-Faruqi explains, history companions of the
causes of the decline in the Quranic verse is very important in understanding
the Qur'an. Nevertheless, he said, it must be verifiable by comparing between
the opinions with each other.