al-Kalimat al-Bayyinat fi Qawlihi Taala: Wa Bashshir alladhina amanu wa amilu al-salihat anna lahum jannat
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- 1033 AH
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al-Kalimat al-Bayyinat fi Qawlihi Taala: Wa Bashshir alladhina amanu wa amilu al-salihat anna lahum jannat (Arabic: الكلمات البينات في قوله تعالى: ﴿وبشر الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات أن لهم جنات﴾, lit. 'The Clear Words on the Almighty's Saying: "And Give Good Tidings to Those Who Believe and Do Righteous Deeds that They Will Have Gardens"') is a specialized exegetical treatise by the Hanbali jurist and scholar Mari ibn Yusuf al-Karmi (d. 1033 AH / 1624 CE) . The work is devoted to the exegesis and analysis of verse 25 of Surah al-Baqarah .
Title Variations and Manuscripts
The treatise is cited under varying forms of its title across biographical and bibliographical literature:
- al-Kalimat al-Bayyinat fi Qawlihi Taala: Wa-Bashshir alladhina amanu wa-amilu al-salihat in Ismail Pasha al-Baghdadi's Idah al-Maknun and other references .
- al-Kalimat al-Bayyinat al-Saniyyat fi Qawlihi Taala: Wa-Bashshir alladhina amanu wa-amilu al-salihat .
- al-Kalimat al-Saniyyat, as recorded by Khayr al-Din al-Zirikli and in library manuscript catalogs .
Manuscript copies of the work are preserved in several repositories, including the Zahiriyya Library in Damascus, the Islamic University manuscript collection in Medina, and the Manuscript Library in Kuwait .
Content and Method
The work begins with the praise of God and blessings upon the Prophet Muhammad, after which the author introduces the treatise as a collection of illuminating insights and subtle indications regarding the meanings of the verse . Al-Karmi notes that he focused on the manifest interpretation of the verse, highlighting the inexhaustible depth of the Quran's meanings .
The introductory section examines the textual context (munasabah) of verse 25 in relation to the preceding passages of Surah al-Baqarah . Al-Karmi observes that after praising the believers, condemning the disbelievers and hypocrites, and establishing proofs for the three fundamentals of Islam—divine oneness (tawhid), prophethood (nubuwwah), and the resurrection (maʿad)—God addresses the reward of the believers . He details five categories of proofs for God's oneness presented prior to the verse: evidence drawn from the human self, from ancestors, from the earth, from the heavens, and from celestial-terrestrial phenomena like rainfall and plant growth . He also discusses the subsequent proof of the prophethood of Muhammad ﷺ demonstrated through the Quranic inimitability (iʿjaz) and the progressive challenge issued to mankind .
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