التعريف
Twisting the words or meanings of the Qur'an or Sunnah away from their apparent intent. Two types: taḥrīf lafẓī (changing wording — as some Jews did to the Torah) and taḥrīf ma‘nawī (twisting meaning — as the Jahmiyyah and Ash‘arīs did to the verses of attributes).
النطق: taḥ-RĪF
الاشتقاق والجذر
From the root ح-ر-ف (ḥ-r-f), meaning 'to swerve, to deviate.' Taḥrīf is to bend a meaning away from its straight path.
الاستخدام في القرآن
'They distort words from their proper meanings.' (an-Nisā' 4:46)
ملاحظات علمية
Ibn Taymiyyah documented how the deniers of attributes employed taḥrīf — e.g. interpreting Allah's 'Hand' as 'power' or His 'rising over the Throne' as 'conquering' — without textual or linguistic basis.
التطبيق العملي
When confronted with an attribute of Allah, affirm the apparent meaning befitting His majesty. Reject any reinterpretation that strips the word of its real sense.
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مصطلحات ذات صلة
المزيد من Aqeedah Terms
The intermediate realm between death and resurrection.
Submission to Allah with Tawheed.
The pious predecessors — first three generations.
Stripping Allah of His attributes.
Affirming Allah's names and attributes as He affirmed them.
Faith — statement, action, and belief.