Legislative Miracle in the Qur'an

Document Type : Original Article

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Assistant professor at Islamic Sciences and Culture Academy, Research Center for Qur'anic Culture and Sciences

Abstract

The miracle of the Holy Qur'an has several aspects; one of them is the legislative miracle; which means that, God's challenge on the Qur'an also includes the legislative system (knowledge related to beliefs and rulings). This aspect of the miracle of the Qur'an has not been discussed like any other aspects of the Qur'anic miracle extensively. This study seeks to prove the miracle of the Qur'an in the aspect of legislation, which has been argued in an analytical and attributive method to the comprehensiveness, and scope of the Qur'anic teachings and rulings and the power to adapt to the requirements of time through keeping the principles and rules descended to the Prophet. A third idea has been put forward in explaining the Qur'an's comprehensiveness, by expressing the view of absolute comprehensiveness in relation to all divine and human sciences and the comprehensiveness in matters of human guidance and that is, the purpose of the comprehensiveness of the Qur'an is to express the principles and rules that make human beings achieve various sciences. To prove the third view, the Qur'anic and narrative evidence as well as the study of the scope of Qur'anic verses are considered. At the same time, the secret of conformity of the Qur'anic legislations to the requirements of time is explained by the five principles (conformity with nature, the expression of general and lasting principles, secondary titles, the authority of the Prophet and the Fourteen Infallibles' tradition, and the principle of ijtihad). The result is that these guidance teachings have only come from God, because the ordinary human cannot express his view without connecting to revelation (Wahy) in various aspects of the religious teachings in the general context from the beginning to the end of the world and by applying different ways of reasoning to the Afaq and Anfus verses. At the same time, in the legal and ethical rulings, the human must be the creator of the teachings, which are comprehensive, epidemic, and applicable to the requirements of all times.

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