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How many abrogated verses are in the Quran?
Y did Alllah reveal those verses and later on canceled them?( i know there must have a reason, just curious to know) Non-muslims, please dont bother to answer my question! thanks lol, 6 ppl only 1 answer!
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- which verses are you talking about? It maybe coz those verses were revealed at a certain time, or in a certain situation.
- This is not an easy question, you are talking about a science called the science of al-nasikh and al-mansookh. al-Naskh, i.e. abrogation or repeal, has two meanings in Arabic: (1) transformation and shifting from one place to another, and (2) cancellation and repeal. In technical terms, al-Naskh means to cancel and abrogate some fixed Shari'a rulings and to replace them with new rulings and orders. al-Naskh can be in the Holy Qur'an and the Noble Sunnah. Allah Says (interpretation of meaning): {Whatever a Verse (revelation) do We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, We bring a better one or similar to it. …}[2: 106]. He also Says: {And when We change a Verse [of the Qur'ân, i.e. cancel (abrogate) its order] in place of another, and Allâh knows the best of what He sends down, they (the disbelievers) say: "You (O Muhammad SAW) are but a Muftari! (forger, liar)." Nay, but most of them know not. Say (O Muhammad SAW) Ruh-ul-Qudus [Jibrael (Gabriel)] has brought it (the Qur'an) down from your Lord with truth, that it may make firm and strengthen (the Faith of) those who believe and as a guidance and glad tidings to those who have submitted (to Allâh as Muslims).} [16: 101-102]. As for al-Naskh in the Qur'an, it can be in any of the following modes: 1) To cancel a ruling and keep the text for reading (preference). Such as: (1) the verse of the will on behalf relatives [2: 180], (2) Surah al-Baqarah: 240, and (3) the verse of easing the task of fighting [8: 65]. 2) To cancel a ruling and the text as well, like: ( "It was among the recitation (of the Qur'an): ten known times of suckling. This was about ruling of a child's suckling" [Reported by Imams al-Bukhari and Muslim ]). 3) To cancel only the text not the ruling, such as the verse concerning stoning the married one who commits Zina. It was as fallows: The married man and the married woman should be stoned if they commit Zina. al-Naskh is only related to orders and prohibitions not the tidings. As for number of al-Naskh, al-Suyuti in his book al-Itqaan said that, 'twenty-one verses in the Qur'an were abrogated; some were agreed upon, while others are not. These abrogated verses are in the following Surahs: Al-Baqarah, Al-'Imran, An-Nisa', Al-Ma'idah, Al-Anfal, At-Taubah, An-Nur, Al-Ahzab, Al-Mujadilah, Al-Mumtahinah and Al-Muzzammil. As for wisdom behind al-Naskh, scholars of Islam said: 'change is the nature of existence and beings and abrogation is one of the Divine ways to address these changes. If al-Naskh is reasonable to apply to beings, then it should not be considered as strange concerning rulings about them since the Ummah is still developing and advancing towards what is better. In addition, Allah is Able to do everything and He is the Only Owner of this universe and He can do what He Wills. {He cannot be questioned as to what He does, while they will be questioned.} [21: 23]. Thus, al-Naskh constitutes a step towards what is better and superior. Al-Naskh is often a means of bringing ease and relief, since Muslims were required to follow what is higher, stronger and better in the first stage of education and building the Ummah. Thus, it was obligatory to perform Qiyam al-Lail (prayer at night) or that 20 Muslims were to face 200 of the enemy. Then, al-Naskh of those rulings constituted a form of relief, of soothing, and cancellation of hardship. Another wisdom behind al-Naskh is to bring obedience to the Divine Orders. Here, we state that abrogated rulings should not be put into practice, since they were revealed for some fixed period of time. For example, it is not allowed to put a doer of Zina in jail since such a ruling was abrogated. Another example is that it is not allowed for a woman whose husband has died to enter into Iddah (awaiting period) as stated in Surah 2: verse 240 since it is abrogated by verse 2. 234. Finally, al-Naskh was done only by revelation and completed during the life of Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam), it is completely incorrect to be done by consensus or analogy. Allah knows best.
- Salaam Alaykum, Masha Allah Kimo...that was very well researched and written. I didn't even know what abrogated verses were till now. Huge thumbs up! Wasalaam
- top answer kimo jazakallah kheer we kol sana wenta tayeb
- MashaAllah kimo very well done May Allah reward you greatly. Ameen
