Scholarship

Mutashabihat

مُتَشَابِهَات · /muːtɑʃæˈbiːhæt/

Mutashabihat are Quranic verses whose precise meaning is not fully definitive, open to scholarly interpretation and reflection.

What does Mutashabihat mean?

The Quran itself distinguishes between muhkamat, verses with clear fixed meaning, and mutashabihat, verses requiring deeper study, and scholars across centuries have written extensively to explain and contextualize the latter.