that have come down from the Prophet ﷺ, first as recorded in the canonical collections of Sunnah, and second with sound chains of transmission. We entertain no doubt about them, nor are we shaken by the “hadith-philosophy” now fashionable, which proclaims: “We pay no attention to solitary reports unless they deal with legal rulings; when they concern doctrine, we dismiss them, for doctrine cannot be built on solitary reports.”

So they allege! Yet we know that the Prophet ﷺ sent Muʿādh alone to summon the People of the Book to the creed of monotheism,1 and he was but one man.

This much suffices for the point I wished to make—namely, how we ought to interpret the Noble Quran.

May Allah send His blessings, peace, and grace upon our Prophet Muḥammad, his family, his Companions, and those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment. All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds.