Lord hides in His words sometimes clear judgments and
sometimesmeanings open to interpretation. In order to fully understand
the latter,one must look with an eyeof faith at the deep meanings and
secrets inside these wise words.
Our Almighty Lord gives these deep meanings sometimes in similes and
metaphors. For example inone verse in the Qur'an, Hereveals, "Hold
fast to the rope of Allah all together, and do not separate..." (Surah
Al 'Imran, 103), in another verse, "As for those who deny Our Signs
and are arrogant regarding them, the Gates of Heaven will not be
opened for them, and they will not enter the Garden until a camel goes
through a needle's eye. …" (Surat al-A'raf, 40).These verses might be
taken by some and interpreted literally. But infact, both of these
metaphors are very wise expression methods and they have hidden
meanings which humans can dig deeper into when they think more. Our
Lord, with the "rope of Allah," clearly wants people to hang tight
with Allah and His path, and be persistence with it. Again our Lord,
with the expression "until a camel goes through a needle's eye,"
states that those who are mentioned in the verse will not be allowed
into Heaven – unless Allah wills otherwise. This is such a deep and
beautiful way of expression. But in order to properly understand this,
one needs to contemplate the inward meaning.
This situation, as well as the Qur'an, is also applicable with the
Torah and the Gospel. For example in a passage fromthe Gospel, our
Lord's expression of deep wisdom that needs to be interpreted inwardly
is as follows:
This is why I speak to them in parables: " Though seeing, they do not
see; though hearing,they do not hear or understand." In them is
fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: "'You will be ever hearing but never
understanding; you will be ever seeing but neverperceiving. For this
people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their
ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might seewith
their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and
turn, and I would heal them.' (Matthew 13:13-15)
It is possible to give similar examples from the Torah:
"Hear, you deaf; look, you blind, and see! … You haveseen many things,
but youpay no attention; your ears are open, but you do not listen."
(Isaiah 42:18, 20)
The word of the Lord came to me: "Son of man, you are living among a
rebellious people. They have eyes to see but do not see and ears to
hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious people."(Ezekiel,
12:1-2)
These expressions mentioned in the Gospel and the Torah, of course,
are not physical blindness or deafness. What is emphasized here is the
spiritual blindness and spiritual deafness. Even though the evidence
for the existence of Allah is shown before their eyes, even though
these evidences are always in front of them, people mentioned in these
words simply do not appreciate Him. Allah condemns thesespiritually
blind and deaf people.
If this blindness and deafness are understood literally, this will
certainly bring false interpretations with them. In order to escape
such mistaken interpretations, it is important to be able to
comtemplate the inward meaning. That is because Allah, with these deep
meanings, gives people great and important messages, and conceals in
them secrets that will leadpeople to the right path.
The inward meaning of the word "son" in the Gospel must be considered
First it should be noted that the lack of understanding the inward
meaning is encountered ina variety of ways in Islam, in Judaism and
also in Christianity. So this should not be considered as a matter
about some Christians alone. However, here only this subject's aspect
related to Christiansis described.
The ability to understand the inward meaning is important in terms of
the errors some of our Christian brothers and sisters have fallen in.
That is because the belief that has been held for years that the
Prophet Jesus (pbuh) is the son of Allah (Surely Allah is beyond that)
is a dangerously erroneous interpretation that occurs due to a lack
ofthis understanding. The expression "son of Allah" in the Gospel is
taken as its literal meaning withouthaving properly thought of the
deeper meaning it states.
In fact the word "son" here is an expression of spiritual closeness to
Allah,love, election, and friendship. It is a quite deep expression
Allah used for a servant of His whom He loved and chose.
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