LessonsAdvanced Applied Usul: Testing Evidence and Inference (Supplementary)Quiz

وَأَحَلَّ اللَّهُ الْبَيْعَ وَحَرَّمَ الرِّبَا
Allah permitted trade and prohibited usury.

The permission of trade and prohibition of usury are immediately apparent: an aspect of zahir. Within its context, the verse particularly rejects equating trade with usury; this is the aspect of nass. One verse may illustrate both because the categories focus on different features of indication.

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Zahir and nass: two aspects of one verse

Advanced Applied Usul: Testing Evidence and Inference (Supplementary)

وَأَحَلَّ اللَّهُ الْبَيْعَ وَحَرَّمَ الرِّبَا
Allah permitted trade and prohibited usury.

The permission of trade and prohibition of usury are immediately apparent: an aspect of zahir. Within its context, the verse particularly rejects equating trade with usury; this is the aspect of nass. One verse may illustrate both because the categories focus on different features of indication.