الْفَصْلُ
The chapterالثَّانِي
secondThe second chapter
فِي
Inبَقِيَّةِ
the rest ofالْعُلُومِ
the sciencesالْخَمْسَةِ
the fiveRegarding the rest of the five sciences
وُضُوحُ
The clarity ofالْقُرْآنِ
the Quranالْكَرِيمِ
the Nobleفِي
inبَيَانِ
clarifyingالصِّفَاتِ:
the attributes:The clarity of the Noble Quran in explaining the attributes:
مِنَ
Fromالْمَعْلُومِ
the knownأَنَّ
thatنُزُولَ
the descent ofالْقُرْآنِ
the Quranالْكَرِيمِ
the NobleIt is known that the descent of the Noble Quran
إِنَّمَا
was onlyكَانَ
toإِصْلَاحِ
reformالنُّفُوسِ
the humanالْبَشَرِيَّةِ،
souls,was solely to reform human souls,
وَتَهْذِيبِ
and refineمَعَاشِرِ
groups ofالنَّاسِ
peopleسَوَاءٌ
whetherكَانُوا
they wereعَرَبًا
Arabsأَوْ
orعَجَمًا،
non-Arabs,and refine the masses of people, whether they were Arabs or non-Arabs,
بَدْوًا
bedouinsأَوْ
orحَضَرًا،
townspeople,bedouins or townspeople,
وَلِذَلِكَ
and thereforeاقْتَضَتِ
requiredالْحِكْمَةُ
the wisdomالْإِلَهِيَّةُ
divineand therefore divine wisdom required
أَنْ
thatلَا
notيُخَاطِبَ
addressالنَّاسَ
the peopleفِي
in"التَّذْكِيرِ
"remindingبِآلَاءِ
of the bounties ofاللَّهِ"،
God",not to address people in "reminding them of God's bounties"
إِلَّا
exceptمَا
whatتَسَعُهُ
their knowledge can encompassمَعْلُومَاتُهُمْ،
andوَتُحِيطُ
their perceptionsبِهِ
can surroundمَدَارِكُهُمْ،
it,except what their knowledge encompasses and their perceptions surround,
وَأَنْ
and thatلَا
notيَخُوضَ
delveفِي
intoالْبُحُوثِ
the preciseالدَّقِيقَةِ
researchوَالتَّحْقِيقَاتِ
and rareالنَّادِرَةِ،
investigations,and not to delve into subtle research and rare investigations,
فَقَدْ
for indeedتَعَرَّضَ
addressedالْقُرْآنُ
the Quranالْكَرِيمُ
the Nobleلِلْأَسْمَاءِ
the namesوَالصِّفَاتِ
and attributesالْإِلَهِيَّةِ
divinefor the Noble Quran addressed the divine names and attributes
بِطَرِيقَةٍ
in a wayوَاضِحَةٍ
that is clear,سَهْلَةٍ،
easy,يُدْرِكُهَا
grasped byجَمِيعُ
allأَفْرَادِ
individuals ofالْبَشَرِ
mankindin a clear, easy manner that all human individuals grasp
بِفِطْرَتِهِمْ،
by their innate nature,وَبِمَدَارِكِهِمُ
and by their perceptionsالَّتِي
thatأُودِعَتْ
were depositedفِي
inأَصْلِ
the origin ofخَلْقِهِمْ
their creationby their innate nature and by the perceptions deposited in the origin of their creation,
مِنْ
withoutدُونِ
need forحَاجَةٍ
practicingإِلَى
divineمُمَارَسَةِ
philosophyالْفَلْسَفَةِ
orالْإِلَهِيَّةِ،
the science ofأَوْ
divinityعِلْمِ
and scholasticالْإِلَهِيَّاتِ
theology.وَعِلْمِ
andالْكَلَامِ
theologywithout needing to practice divine philosophy, the science of divinity, or scholastic theology.
[إِثْبَاتُ
[Affirmation ofالْخَالِقِ
the Creatorفِي
inالْقُرْآنِ:]
the Quran:][Affirmation of the Creator in the Quran:]
فَأَثْبَتَ
So it affirmedالْقُرْآنُ
the Quran- مَثَلًا -
- for example -وُجُودَ
the existence ofالْخَالِقِ
the Creatorإِجْمَالًا،
generally,Thus, the Quran - for example - affirmed the existence of the Creator generally,
إِذْ
sinceأَنَّ
itsعِلْمَهُ
knowledge isمَرْكُوزٌ
groundedفِي
inفِطْرَةِ
the innate nature ofبَنِي
the children ofآدَمَ،
Adam,since knowledge of Him is grounded in the innate nature of the children of Adam,
وَيَتَسَاوَى
and is equalفِيهِ
in itجَمِيعُ
allأَفْرَادِهِمْ
individuals among them,and all individuals among them are equal in it,
وَلَا
and you doتَجِدُ
not findطَائِفَةً
a sectمِنَ
ofالنَّاسِ
peopleفِي
inالْمَنَاطِقِ
the regionsالْمُعْتَدِلَةِ
temperateأَوْ
orالْقَرِيبَةِ
closeمِنْهَا
to themand you will not find a group of people in temperate regions or close to them
تُنْكِرُ
deniesهَذَا
thisالْعِلْمَ،
knowledge,وَتَسْتَغْرِبُ
and finds strangeوُجُودَ
the existence ofالْخَالِقِ!
the Creator!denying this knowledge or finding the existence of the Creator strange!