Suppose a Qur’anic verse has been reliably identified. One question asks whether it is part of the Qur’an. A further question asks what its wording establishes about a particular legal issue.
Question 1: Is this the Qur’anic text?
Question 2: What does the text mean, and what ruling can be derived?
The coming discussions of particular, general, shared and interpreted expressions primarily concern the second kind of inquiry: signification.
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The Book of Allah and the Particular Expression (Khass)
Suppose a Qur’anic verse has been reliably identified. One question asks whether it is part of the Qur’an. A further question asks what its wording establishes about a particular legal issue.
Question 1: Is this the Qur’anic text?
Question 2: What does the text mean, and what ruling can be derived?
The coming discussions of particular, general, shared and interpreted expressions primarily concern the second kind of inquiry: signification.