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And this is like His statement in the Torah, which has been rendered into Arabic as:
"Allah came from Mount Sinai."
Others report it in the form:
"Allah manifested Himself at Mount Sinai, shone forth from Seir, and made Himself known from the mountains of Paran."
Many scholars have said—with the precise wording here taken from Abū Muḥammad ibn Qutaybah—that anyone who reflects on these words will find in them neither obscurity nor ambiguity; for Allah’s “coming from Mount Sinai” refers to His sending down the Torah to Moses at Mount Sinai, exactly as this verse is understood by the People of the Scripture and by us. Likewise, His “shining forth from Seir” must indicate His revelation of the Gospel upon
وَذَلِكَ مِثْلُ قَوْلِهِ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ مَا قَدْ تُرْجِمَ بِالْعَرَبِيَّةِ:
" جَاءَ اللَّهُ مِنْ طُورِ سَيْنَا "
وَبَعْضُهُمْ يَقُولُ:
" تَجَلَّى اللَّهُ مِنْ طُورِ سَيْنَا، وَأَشْرَقَ مِنْ سَاعِيرَ، وَاسْتَعْلَنَ مِنْ جِبَالِ فَارَانَ "
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قَالَ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ الْعُلَمَاءِ - وَاللَّفْظُ لِأَبِي مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ - لَيْسَ بِهَذَا خَفَاءٌ عَلَى مَنْ تَدَبَّرَهُ وَلَا غُمُوضٌ؛
لِأَنَّ مَجِيءَ اللَّهِ مِنْ طُورِ سَيْنَا:
إِنْزَالُهُ التَّوْرَاةَ عَلَى مُوسَى مِنْ طُورِ سَيْنَا، كَالَّذِي هُوَ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ، وَعِنْدَنَا وَكَذَلِكَ يَجِبُ أَنْ يَكُونَ إِشْرَاقُهُ مِنْ سَاعِيرَ إِنْزَالُهُ الْإِنْجِيلَ عَلَى