LessonsLanguage of Creed: Negation, Restriction and ImplicationQuiz

وَنُؤْمِنُ بِمَا جَاءَ مِنْ كَرَامَاتِهِمْ وَصَحَّ عَنِ الثِّقَاتِ مِنْ رِوَايَاتِهِمْ
We believe in reports of the saints' extraordinary graces that are soundly transmitted by reliable narrators.

Clause structure: Mā jāʾa min karāmātihim wa-ṣaḥḥa ʿan al-thiqāt adds an evidentiary qualification: reports are assessed for sound transmission from reliable narrators.

Meaning and inference: Affirming karāmāt and soundly transmitted reports is not a requirement to accept every circulating anecdote unquestioningly.

Limit of inference: A karāmah differs from a prophetic miracle, and an astonishing story is not authenticated merely by being astonishing.

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An evidentiary qualification in reports

Language of Creed: Negation, Restriction and Implication

وَنُؤْمِنُ بِمَا جَاءَ مِنْ كَرَامَاتِهِمْ وَصَحَّ عَنِ الثِّقَاتِ مِنْ رِوَايَاتِهِمْ
We believe in reports of the saints' extraordinary graces that are soundly transmitted by reliable narrators.

Clause structure: Mā jāʾa min karāmātihim wa-ṣaḥḥa ʿan al-thiqāt adds an evidentiary qualification: reports are assessed for sound transmission from reliable narrators.

Meaning and inference: Affirming karāmāt and soundly transmitted reports is not a requirement to accept every circulating anecdote unquestioningly.

Limit of inference: A karāmah differs from a prophetic miracle, and an astonishing story is not authenticated merely by being astonishing.