al-Āyāt al-Mutashābihāt fī ‘l-Qurʾān is the science of closely worded Quranic verses. Ḥifẓ students are encouraged to familiarise the differences between mutashābihāt verses to better retain their memorisation of the Qurʾān. A variety of mutashābihāt works are available to accommodate different learning styles and progress amounts. Below is a discussion regarding two books from these works.

Title: The Sealed Nectar

Author: Shaykh Safī’ur Rahmān Mubārakpūrī

Publishers: Dārus Salām

Title: The Beginning of Guidance – Bidāyah al-Hidāyah

Author: Imām Abū Hāmid al-Ghazālī (May Allāh have mercy on him)

Translator: Dr. Mashhad al-Allaf

Publisher: White Thread Press

Title: The Khulāsa

Author: Sheikh Muhammad ‘Abd al-Hayy al-Kattānī

Editor: Muftī Javed Iqbāl

Translator: Ustādha Āisha Bewely

Publisher: Turāth Publishing