Salamun Alaikum/Peace be upon you UNDERSTANDING THE TERM SUNNA FROM A QURANS PERSPECTIVE The Arabic word ‘Sunna’ comes from the Arabic root word: SIN-NUN-NUN and means to follow a well trodden path, a line or mode of conduct that is well established in practical terms. Whereas ‘Sunna’ has been specifically mentioned in the Quran, it may come as a surprise to many Muslims that the common understanding that the term represents the personal practices of Prophet Mohammed is NOT supported anywhere in the The Holy Quran nor is it understood as such. Indeed, the The Holy Quran does inform the ‘believers’ that in the Prophet there is a good example. HQ 33:21 Verily in the messenger of GOD you have a good example >Arabic: Aswahtun Hasanatun< for him who looks to GOD and the Last Day, and remembers GOD much This ‘good example’ is then misunderstood by many Muslims as representing the Ahadith and Sunna of Prophet Mohammed as it has come down to them today through practice and other source documents over the many centuries with all its details. This view, finds NO support from the Holy Quran.
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