Peace
3:7 He is the One who sent down to you the Book, from which there are fixed verses—they are the Mother of the Book—and others which are comparable. As for those who have a disease in their hearts, they follow that of it which is comparable, seeking to confuse, and seeking to derive an interpretation. But none know its interpretation except God, and those who are well founded in knowledge; they say: “We believe in it, all is from our Lord.” And none will remember except those who possess intelligence.
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Conclusion
Literal Analysis will have shown that this verse so often cited to justify the interpretive activity of Exegesis has itself been deviated from its literal meaning by interpretation. Contrary to the received and accepted idea, the Koran does not therefore describe itself as being composed of explicit verses / muḥkamât and equivocal verses / mutashâbihât, but as presenting only explicit verses even if the limits of any language may make certain verses "seem equivocal / mutashâbihât". It is therefore the men who according to their intentions exploit the limits of expression of the Koranic language and are thus interested in these verses which "would seem equivocal / mutashâbihât" in order to allegedly detect ambiguities giving rise to the interpretation they are looking for. . [14]
This explains why in this verse the interpretive activity is judged pejoratively, like a factious step: "by desire / seditious ibtighâ’a / al – fitna". Conversely, those "rooted in knowledge" are those who strive to counter their own tendency to interpret in order to determine the intended meaning / ta'wîl by God. The real opposition expressed in this verse therefore does not concern the key terms muḥkamât and mutashâbihâ, but those who want to interpret the Koran in relation to those who use their reason to understand and accept "its primary meaning / ta'wîl" and their faith to accept this literal meaning of the Quran