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Reflections on Surah Al-Hajj Ayah 4
كتب عليه انه من تولاه فانه يضله ويهديه الى عذاب السعير ٤
كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُۥ مَن تَوَلَّاهُ فَأَنَّهُۥ يُضِلُّهُۥ وَيَهْدِيهِ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ ٤
كُتِبَﱰ
عَلَيۡهِﱱ
أَنَّهُۥﱲ
مَنﱳ
تَوَلَّاهُﱴ
فَأَنَّهُۥﱵ
يُضِلُّهُۥﱶ
وَيَهۡدِيهِﱷ
إِلَىٰﱸ
عَذَابِﱹ
ٱلسَّعِيرِﱺ
٤ﱻ
It has been decreed for such devils that whoever takes them as a guide will be misguided and led by them into the torment of the Blaze.
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7 years ago · Referencing Ayah 22:3-4
These verses reflect the nature of debate in Islam. When teaching youth to debate academically, I explain a principle that may guide them not only strategically but in adab: 'you don't debate to prove you're right. You debate to understand the truth.' This was a principle I was taught by a mentor of mine and it saved me many times from my ego. It is a principle that many scholars of our tradition exemplify because we're reminded that the search f...