A Reader Is A Traveler
It's another beautiful Wednesday for me on the path to becoming a scholar. I eagerly anticipate continuing my reading journey, so I visited my library to retrieve the book I'm currently engrossed in. I resumed where I left off yesterday, delving into "THE ETHICS OF DISAGREEMENT IN ISLAM" by Taha Jabir al'Alwani, starting from chapter two. In the second paragraph of this chapter, the author cited a verse that piqued my interest. Quickly, I reached for my favorite tafseer (Ibnu Katheer) as a student to delve deeper into the verse's meaning. Opening the tafseer to Quran 19:37, I read the verse but found it challenging to comprehend, mainly because there were preceding verses that provided context and elaborated on the subject. In these verses, Allah explains that Prophet Isa Alayhi Salam is "the Servant of Allah but not His son." I was initially perplexed by what led me to consult the tafseer, but my confusion dissipated as I continued readi...