Table of Contents — The Question of the Non-Abrogation of the Qur'an

Front Matter

فہرست مشتملات

فہرست مشتملات — Table of Contents

The treatise covers the following topics: (1) The lexical meaning of naskh (abrogation). (2) What is naskh and mansukh (the abrogating and the abrogated)? (3) The meaning of naskh in the principles of jurisprudence (usul al-fiqh). (4) The specific verses mentioned by the commentators (mufassirun). (5) The causes of erroneous attribution of naskh to Qur'anic verses: (i) Customs and practices of pre-Islamic or earlier religious eras mistakenly taken as abrogated Qur'anic injunctions; (ii) General and specific rulings; (iii) Time-specific and place-specific injunctions. (6) Important verses related to naskh and mansukh: First verse — 'Ma nansakh min ayatin…'; a question put by a Qadi to Hazrat Ali; Second verse — 'Lakum dinukum wa liya din.' (7) Verses claimed to have been abrogated by Shah Waliullah: (i) About the tark (abandonment) of fighting; (ii) About the number of enemies in battle; (iii) About the verse of jihad; (iv) About the verse of zina (adultery) and the hadd punishment; (v) About the verse of seeking counsel before private audience with the Prophet; (vi) On the sword-verse and whether it abrogates the verse about the People of the Book; (vii) On the mistake of some mufassirun.