Subject-matter [of the Quran]. While explaining the principles of Tafsir he [Hazrat Shah Waliyullah] has divided the subject-matter of the Holy Quran into five categories:
1. The science of Injunctions, which pertains to what is Incumbent, Approved, Disapprove and Forbidden, whether they be in connection with worship or dealings of man with man, household administration and state politics.
2. The science of Disputations, which relates to the four misguided groups, namely Jews, Christians, Polytheists and the Hypocrites.
3. The Science pertaining to the Divine wonders, wherein the attention of the people is drawn to the wondrous signs of the Almighty in nature.
4. The science pertaining to the important occasions is given on which the obedient were helped and blessed and the disobedient were taken to task and punished.
5. The science concerning Death, wherein is the mention of the horrors of death and of the effect on man of the events which are to follow it,
He clearly asserts that the topics treated in the Quran are confined to these five categories only.
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Teachings of Hazrat Shah Waliyullah Muhaddis Dehlvi
by G.N. Jalbani
Formerly Professor and Head of the Department of Arabic University of Sind, Hyderabad
First Published in India 1988
Published by Nusrat Ali Nasri for Kitab Bhavan
1784 Kalan Mahal, Daryaganj
New Delhi-110002
Printed in India at
Lahooti Fine Art Press
Sui Walan, Delhi-6
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