Talk:Qur'anic literalism

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[edit] literalism

the statement "Salafis believe that the Qur'an should not be interpreted allegorically" needs to be clarified and justified because from what i know this is untrue. if you are talking about sifaat (attributes of allah) then that is different to saying how the verses of the qur'aan should be interpreted. ITAQALLAH 00:42, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

The burden is upon you to prove that it is not true. Are you saying that Salafis are not fundamentalists who oppose any metaphysical interpretation of Qur'an? Their own literature even states this, which is one of the reasons why any type of Sufism is considered haraam amongst them. Alavian 12:18, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

the burden is upon the claimant, not upon the one trying to refute the claimant. the opposite of literalism is not "metaphysical", it is allegorical. provide your evidence that "their own literature even states this", as there are many "salafi" websites which affirm the existence of majaaz aayat [1] in the qur'aan. instead of reverting why not provide the evidences in place of the fact tag? the best that can be said about it is that there may be differing opinions within "salafism" (if the opposition to majaaz was not just semantic) ITAQALLAH 15:30, 24 July 2006 (UTC)