What is the reality of metaphoric usage in the Qur’an? Also, some of my friends have told me that the Qur’an must be taken literally. So if Allah’s Hand is mentioned, we must accept it as is without interpreting it. Is this correct? And what is meant by Ghazali’s resemblance of the Qur’an, in his book Jawahir al-Qur’an, to an endless ocean filled with oysters, which further contain precious pearls of the Qur’an, and that some people become convinced by merely obtaining the oysters, while others search for the pearls; and also his statement that the Qur’an has an apparent and hidden meaning to it? ما هي حقيقة المجاز في القرآن؟