وَأَحَلَّ اللَّهُ الْبَيْعَ وَحَرَّمَ الرِّبَا
“Allah has permitted trade and prohibited usury.” (Al-Baqarah 2:275)
The lawfulness of trade and the prohibition of riba are evident from the wording. The textbook adds that the passage is directed at distinguishing sale from riba. In that specifically intended respect, the same wording exemplifies nass.
This does not cancel its apparent sense. Both features operate together: what the words immediately indicate and the point for which the statement was made.