Makna
What does "wisdom" refer to here?
Jawaban
Imām Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) summarized the scholars' opinions in his book "Zād al-Masīr" as follows:
- It is the Qurʾān. [Ibn Masʿūd, Mujāhid, al-Ḍaḥḥāk, Maqātil, and others]
- It is the knowledge of the abrogating and abrogated verses of the Qurʾān, its clear and ambiguous verses, its early and later revelations, and so forth. [ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭalḥah from Ibn ʿAbbās]
- It is prophethood. [Narrated by Abū Ṣāliḥ from Ibn ʿAbbās]
- It is understanding of the Qurʾān. [Abū al-ʿĀliyah, Qatādah, Ibrāhīm]
- It is knowledge and jurisprudence. [Narrated by Layth from Mujāhid]
- It is correctness in speech. [Narrated by Ibn Abī Najīḥ from Mujāhid]
- It is piety in the religion of Allah. [Al-Ḥasan]
- It is fear of Allah. [Al-Rabīʿ ibn Anas]
- It is intelligence in religious matters. [Ibn Zayd]
- It is understanding. [Shurayk]
- It is knowledge combined with action; a person is not considered wise unless he possesses both. [Ibn Qutaybah]

