{"id":182,"date":"2020-11-17T02:41:49","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T22:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iqralaan.wordpress.com\/?p=182"},"modified":"2022-12-30T09:27:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T05:27:30","slug":"welcome-friends-day-9-hq-2-106-119-pages-1718","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iqraprinciple.com\/ar\/welcome-friends-day-9-hq-2-106-119-pages-1718\/","title":{"rendered":"HQ 2: 106-119; pages 17+18."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome Friends:  Ahlan wa sahlan<\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re on track, alHamdulilLah, always remembering our M.O., Prophet Muhammad’s saying, peace upon him:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘The Believers most ideal in their faith are those of the best demeanor.”
<\/em>\u0623\u0643\u0645\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0624\u0645\u0646\u064a\u0646 \u0625\u064a\u0645\u0627\u0646\u0627\u064b \u0623\u062d\u0627\u0633\u0646\u0647\u0645 \u0623\u062e\u0644\u0627\u0642\u0627\u064b”<\/em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

COMMENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. These verses continue to be addressed to those \u2018Who have attained to Faith\u2019:<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    H.Q. 2: 106: \u201cNone of our Signs do We \u2018nansakh\u2019 or \u2018nunsi\u2019 but We bring forth one superior or equal to it.\u201d<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Nansakh is commonly taken to mean \u2018abrogate or annul\u2019 and \u2018nunsi\u2019 is taken to mean \u201ccause to be forgotten- assign to oblivion\u201d (Y. Ali & Asad, respectively). A most important matter in practiced Islam ensued from scholars\u2019 reading of this verse, a system they proposed called, \u2018Naasekh wa Mansookh,\u2019 in which one Qur\u2019anic verse appearing at a certain date cancels or \u2018abrogates\u2019 an earlier verse.  According to them, the word \u2018aya\u2019 applies here to Qur\u2019anic verses, and therefore it is the earlier Qur\u2019anic verses which are rendered obsolete in practice- although valid for recital- when another verse appears with directives on the same topic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Both Yusuf Ali and Asad disagree, seeing that \u2018Aya\u2019 means \u2018Sign,\u2019 and that any real abrogation can only be when a later Message<\/em> (as in the Qur\u2019anic Revelation) abrogating an earlier Message<\/em> (as in the Torah).  Therefore, Revelation being progressive<\/em>, each Message is an update to its predecessor.  Asad explains his findings on abrogation, footnote 87:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cApart from the fancifulness of such an assertion\u2026.. there does not exist a single reliable Tradition to the effect that the Prophet ever declared a verse of the Qur\u2019an to be abrogated.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This is not only an interesting topic (read Asad\u2019s full note) but it deserves the attention of today\u2019s scholars simply because it is at the root of many of our problems.  So many verses advocating kindness and forgiveness of other peoples have been considered by some to be \u2018abrogated- annulled-inapplicable,\u2019 and have in effect been supplanted in the mindsets of some Muslims AND non-Muslims by other, loosely explained verses or narrated Prophetic sayings which seem to sound a call to arms and aggression against others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    As for the meanings of these two words, Lexicons[1]<\/sup><\/a> tell us that \u2018nansakh\u2019<\/u><\/strong> from the root-verb \u2018na sa kha\u2019 could mean abrogate, but another meaning is \u2018copy,\u2019 or \u2018replicate.\u2019  Any Arab today would tell you that a \u2018nuskha\u2019 is a \u2018copy\u2019 of something.  Actually, Arab children in some countries used to call their copybook \u2018daftar naskh.\u2019  The Qur\u2019anic verse 45:29 gives that<\/em> facet of the word\u2019s meaning:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cThis Our record speaks of you in all truth: for, verily, We have caused to be recorded<\/u> all that you ever did!\u201d (29) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    As for \u2018nunsi<\/u><\/strong>,\u2019 its root verb has two connotations: \u2018to disregard\u2019 (with intent or  due to forgetfulness) AND \u2018to postpone.\u2019  See verses 32:13; 45:34 in which the Qur\u2019an refers to God\u2019s disregard -in the Hereafter- of people who disregarded that lasting stage<\/em> in their own existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n