Faith in Revealed Books: Divine Speech, Excellence and Abrogation
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- Which statement best defines belief in revealed books?
- What is the central relation expressed by “He revealed them to His prophets”?
- How do commands and prohibitions differ?
- Which distinction between promise and warning is correct?
- Which scripture–prophet pairing is correct?
- Why is caution needed with the reported number 104?
- What follows from competing explanations of the word Tawrat?
- Which Arabic root supports a classical explanation of Zabur?
- What does “All of them are God’s speech” establish?
- How can different recited scriptures coexist with unity of divine speech?
- Why do multiple scriptures not imply multiple eternal speech attributes?
- What is the respect intended in the Qur’an’s superiority?
- What does not follow from affirming the Qur’an’s excellence?
- Why does unity of divine speech not rule out special merits of surahs?
- What is the best interpretation of a surah’s particular merit?
- What is one reason given for greater merit in reciting a surah?
- What is the other stated criterion of merit?
- Which principle reconciles “one speech” with “some surahs have special merit”?
- How should supersession of earlier recitation and writing be understood?
- What is significant about “some of their rulings”?
- Which example correctly distinguishes supersession from denial?
- What is the governing standard for the Muslim community’s religious practice?
- Someone affirms earlier revelation but not its independent current legislative force. How should this be assessed?
- In which discussion do “more beneficial” and “more mention of God” appear?
- What reconciles all scriptures being divine speech with unity of the attribute?
- Which sequence correctly illustrates command, prohibition, promise and warning?
- The exact count of 104 scriptures is an indispensable certainty of belief in revealed books.
- Affirming the Qur’an’s superiority does not deny the original truth of previous revelation.
- Supersession necessarily means every historical manuscript of earlier books physically vanished.
- Special merit in reciting a surah does not imply unequal intrinsic parts within the divine attribute of speech.