LessonsOccasions of Revelation: Reports, Qur’anic Narratives and Interpretive ResolutionQuiz

“Then no kinship ties will avail them that Day, and they will not ask one another” (al-Muʾminūn 23:101).

“Some of them will turn to others, questioning one another” (al-Ṣāffāt 37:27).

An explanation transmitted from Ibn ʿAbbās distinguishes different stages or states, rather than assuming that both describe exactly the same moment under the same circumstances. A statement about the absence of questioning in one scene need not exclude questioning in another. Context resolves the apparent opposition.

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Reconciling verses about mutual questioning

Occasions of Revelation: Reports, Qur’anic Narratives and Interpretive Resolution

“Then no kinship ties will avail them that Day, and they will not ask one another” (al-Muʾminūn 23:101).

“Some of them will turn to others, questioning one another” (al-Ṣāffāt 37:27).

An explanation transmitted from Ibn ʿAbbās distinguishes different stages or states, rather than assuming that both describe exactly the same moment under the same circumstances. A statement about the absence of questioning in one scene need not exclude questioning in another. Context resolves the apparent opposition.