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how to debate, if any issue emerges. Issues of difference
should make way for peaceful discussion.

87 How should we strive to understand
the undeclared meaning of the verses

of the Quran?

he Quran has its own style. The Quran is not narration
Tof history nor is it a novel. The truth is that the Quran
is a book of wisdom. In the language of wisdom, some
things are between the lines or undeclared. Thus you have
to reflect to understand the message that lies between the
lines. For example, at the time of the Battle of Uhud,
seventy Companions of the Prophet were killed. The
verses that were revealed afterwards, did not tell Muslims
that the opponents were their enemies and that they
should invoke curse on them. Instead the verse that was
revealed on this occasion said:

He [God] paid you back with one sorrow
after another, so that you might not grieve
for what you lost. (Quran 3:153)

The wisdom behind this verse of the Quran is that after
every loss, we need to adopt the attitude of re-planning
instead of becoming hopeless or engaging in complaints
against others.

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