Sharh Durus al-Balagha by Ibn Uthaymeen (شرح دروس البلاغة) — Page 303

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ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ جَاءَ فِي السُّنَّةِ مَا يَدُلُّ عَلَيْهِ، أَيْ لَوْ تَنَزَّلْنَا إِلَى آخِرِ تَنَزُّلٍ قُلْنَا فِي السُّنَّةِ مَا يَدُلُّ عَلَيْهِ، وَهُوَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى كَمَا فِي الْحَدِيثِ: «أَنْتِ رَحْمَتِي أَرْحَمُ بِكِ مَنْ أَشَاءُ».

The Sunnah also provides evidence for this. Even if we concede to the most minimal interpretation, the Sunnah still points to it, as seen in the Hadith where the Almighty says: 'You are My mercy; I show it to whom I will.'

وَنَحْنُ نَقُولُ: إِنَّ صَرْفَ اللَّفْظِ عَنْ ظَاهِرِهِ لِدَلِيلٍ مِنَ الشَّرْعِ جَائِزٌ، وَلَا مَانِعَ فِي هَذَا.

We maintain that it is permissible to interpret a term beyond its literal meaning when there is religious evidence to support doing so; there is no objection to this.

أَمَّا الْكَلَامُ الْمَمْنُوعُ فَهُوَ صَرْفُهُ عَنْ ظَاهِرِهِ بِغَيْرِ دَلِيلٍ.

What is forbidden is diverting a term from its literal meaning without such evidence.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (11 verbs · 22 nouns)

• جَاءَ — to come
• دَلَّ — to indicate
• تَنَزَّلَ — to concede
• سُنَّةٌ — tradition
• آخِرٌ — end
• تَنَزُّلٌ — concession