. QUESTION STYLES AND OBJECTIVES IN THE QUR’ĀN
QUESTION STYLES AND OBJECTIVES IN THE QUR’ Ā N The objectives of question in the Qur’ān are either genuine called الْاسْتِفْهَامُ الْحَقْيْقِي (genuine question) or ingenuine called الْاسْتِفْهَامُ غَيْرُ الْحَقْيْقِي (ingenuine question). A. الْاسْتِفْهَامُ الْحَقْيْقِي (genuine question) Muslim scholars agree that Allah does not ask any genuine question in the Qur’ān in the sense that He does not know the answer, as He knows everything, He is the All-Knower (الْعَلِيْم) . Therefore, any question given by Allah is always ingenuine, majāz (metaphor, figurative speech). He might ask question to let others know the answer. The genuine questions are from other than Him and are few compared to the ingenuine questions. B. الْاسْتِفْهَامُ غَيْرُالْحَقْيْقِي (ingenuine question). Jal ā l al- D ī n a...