What is the ruling on a joke that includes distorting a Quranic verse to fit a person's name, such as saying "وتركوك قائما" (and they left you standing) intending "وترى كوك قائما" (and you see Cook standing)?
Our enthusiasm for the Book of Allah should not lead us to take it out of its context; for it is a book of guidance that brings people out of darkness into light. Indeed, whoever claims that the Quran contains the details of everything in the world, with their names, descriptions, characteristics, or worldly sciences, has attributed to it what is not in it and does not suit its purposes. Allah Almighty praised the Quran for containing religious sciences, not worldly sciences. What is narrated about some imams regarding inferring worldly events from the Quran is nothing short of bordering on futility and distortion of words. Whoever claims that the Quran contains the names of all people, or strains to prove it, has uttered a grave falsehood against Allah. And if that is indeed true of some scholars, it is closer to a pleasantry than to a valid inference.
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