LessonsDegrees of Indication: Ẓāhir, Naṣṣ, Mufassar, Muḥkam and Obscure ExpressionsQuiz

وأما المحكم: فهو ما ازداد قوة على المفسر بحيث لا يجوز خلافه أصلا.
Muḥkam has greater force than mufassar: its established sense cannot legitimately be contradicted.

إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
God knows all things.

إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَظْلِمُ النَّاسَ شَيْئًا
God does not wrong people in the least.

Statements affirming divine omniscience and the absence of injustice are not temporary legal arrangements to be superseded. The defining strength of muḥkam is settled, indefeasible indication, without a live possibility of reinterpretation, specification, or abrogation that would negate the established import.

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Muḥkam: the highest degree of clarity

Degrees of Indication: Ẓāhir, Naṣṣ, Mufassar, Muḥkam and Obscure Expressions

وأما المحكم: فهو ما ازداد قوة على المفسر بحيث لا يجوز خلافه أصلا.
Muḥkam has greater force than mufassar: its established sense cannot legitimately be contradicted.

إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
God knows all things.

إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَظْلِمُ النَّاسَ شَيْئًا
God does not wrong people in the least.

Statements affirming divine omniscience and the absence of injustice are not temporary legal arrangements to be superseded. The defining strength of muḥkam is settled, indefeasible indication, without a live possibility of reinterpretation, specification, or abrogation that would negate the established import.