When Ya'qub ( 'a ) and his wife and sons saw Yusuf ( 'a )...
When Ya'qub ( 'a ) and his wife and sons saw Yusuf ( 'a ) with such glory and grandeur, they prostrated before him. Then, Yusuf ( 'a ) recounted his childhood dream, saying: ﴿يَا أَبَتِ هَذَا تَأْوِيلُ رُؤْيَاي مِنْ قَبْلُ.﴾ 'Father! This is the fulfillment {Ta'wil} of my dream of long ago . [^10] The moon, the sun and eleven stars that prostrated before Yusuf ( 'a ) were interpreted as referring to Ya'qub ( 'a ), and his wife and 11 sons.
Of course, the interpretation of this dream was not clear in the beginning for Yusuf ( 'a ). After many years, however, the fulfillment of this dream was made manifest to them. Therefore, Ta'wil means that when the meaning of a verse is not clear, by employing the assistance of other verses and reliable traditions, the meaning that is closer to the reality is obtained.
The Wahhabis have not trodden the path of enlightenment Nowadays, the Wahhabis and some Shi`ah are traversing a path, which shows their close-mindedness, and will entail dangerous consequences prompting them to totally seclude themselves from society and render them incapable of responding to rational and religious issues.
This path is one where they are content only with the literal meanings of Qur'anic verses and Prophetic traditions; the path of non-recognition of philosophy, mysticism { 'irfan } and philosophical-scholastic { kalami } proofs; and heedlessness to the new sciences. The truth must be accepted, however, that in every epoch, the Qur'an is loftier than human though.
Therefore, one should not be content with its literal meaning and interpret its probabilities because human mind and thought advance every day and discover new realities. As this Wahhabi idea can become a pretext for neglecting the Qur'an since they consider the human mind as incapable of understanding it and therefore, this book of revelation would end up only being kissed and set aside. One must rather strive as much as possible to understand it properly.