MSU Islamic Law & Jurisprudence Holy Quran Revelations & Understanding Q&A Essay
Question Description
- (a) What was the legal structure that existed in Arabia prior to the revelation of the Quran? (b) How did the revelation of the Quran affect the law of pre-Islamic Arabia? (c) and (d) When did the theory of usul-al-fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence) develop and why? You must set forth your analysis and provide evidence from the assigned reading to support your arguments. (7 points)
- Please read the following Quranic verses and (a) explain in your opinion if the verse is manifest (zahir), explicit (nass), general (amm), specific (khass), literal (haqiqi), metaphorical (marjazi), definitive (qati) and/or speculative (zanni). Remember as we discussed in class a verse can have more than one of these characteristics. (b) Can legal or ethical guidelines be derived from the verse/s? (c) How does knowing the occasion of revelation impact your understanding?
- “I swear by the positions of the stars — a mighty oath, if you only knew — that this is truly a noble Qur’an in a protected Record that only the purified can touch, sent down from the Lord of all being” (The Qur’an, trans. M.A.S. Abdel Haleem, 56:75-81)
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