Is it correct to reflect on Allah's saying: "The Hour is fast approaching for the people, while they are heedless and turning away (1) No fresh reminder comes to them from their Lord except that they listen to it playfully (2)," by understanding heedlessness to mean heedlessness of the Hereafter, and playfulness to mean playing and neglecting Allah's current trials in this era, while taking into account the interpretations of exegetes and the Quran's and Sunnah's warning against speaking about Allah without knowledge?
Merely recalling and reciting a verse in an appropriate situation is not considered an exegesis (tafsir) of it; rather, it is an inference or a derivation of its general meaning. This type is close to the allusive (ishari) exegesis, which Sufis are known for, and it may be accepted or rejected.
Ibn Al-Qayyim mentioned that people's exegesis revolves around three principles: based on the wording, based on the meaning, and based on allusion and analogy. Allusive exegesis is acceptable under four conditions: that it does not contradict the meaning of the verse, that it is a sound meaning in itself, that there is an intimation of it in the wording, and that there is a connection and correlation between it and the meaning of the verse.
Based on this, drawing an analogy between sensory signs (ayat) and recited verses concerning the conduct of the heedless has an acceptable aspect in understanding. Just as the heedless receive revelation with amusement, they receive tangible signs similarly, like the action of Pharaoh's people with the signs of Musa (peace be upon him), and this is the characteristic of the heedless and the tyrannical.
Reciting these verses for the purpose of deriving benefit and admonition in the mentioned context is acceptable, but it is not an exegesis of the verses.
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