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kitab (scripture)

Cited in 3 segments across 3 recordings · 2020 to 2021 · term/term:al-kitab

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12 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Why wasn't the Quran compiled as a book in the Prophet's time? Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran was written but not bound as a book in the Prophet's lifetime because it was dynamic, allowing variations that did not change its meaning. Question from live chatposition checkedQuran 12:2 (we sent it down as an Arabic Quran) [?]Quran 4:82 (do they not ponder the Quran) [?]kitab (scripture) machine3 min 45 s1:17:34on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Does 'Kitab' in the Quran mean a book? Kitab in the Quran means divine writing or prescription rather than a physical book; the guest distinguishes the heavenly Kitab Mubin from the Arabic Quran, and Mufti Abu Layth agrees Kitab cannot mean book. Discussionguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)al-Kitabal-Kitab al-MubinQuran 2:183 machine5 min 22 s22:36on YouTube
26 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is al-kitab the same book given to every prophet? The guest says owning a slave is shirk, that kawthar means abundance rather than a pool, and that al-kitab is the one divine law sent to every prophet, whose goal, peacemaking, is secular while iman is distinct. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechEdip YukselQuran 108:1 (we have given you al-kawthar)kawtharal-kitab machine2 min 37 s2:29:34on YouTube