The Baha'i Studies Listserv On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Susan Maneck <sman...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > The Quran >> didn't plop down all at once from the sky. It grew piece by piece as >> revelations came down. But at times it also shrunk and some texts >> which were recited as "Quran" at one point are no longer contained in >> the text nor legally binding. It would get included in the concept of >> abrogation. > > Dear Gilberto, > > My understanding is that ayats which were abrogated are still part of > the current Qur'an.
Under the general topic of abrogation there are different kinds. The most common type discussed is where one text in the Quran is said to abrogate the legal ruling of another text in the Quran. Another type which is also mentioned is as described above where a text which used to be in the Quran is "forgotten" and is no longer in the Quran. And there are other varieties as well which get discussed. There are also scholars who as much as possible avoid relying on the concept of abrogation and find other ways to make sense of apparent differences in rulings. Shah Walullah tended in this direction. (though not completely) > >> 'None of Our revelations do We abrogate or cause it to be forgotten, >> but We substitute something better or similar: knowest thou that God >> has power over all things?' (2: 106) >> >> Some apply this to previous revelations, but some scholars would apply >> this to parts of the Quran itself. > > I think it does apply to the Qur'an as well as previous revelations, > but it addresses which parts of the scripture are currently binding > not that parts got left out of the text itself. > > warmest, Susan > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:gilberto.simp...@gmail.com > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-511067-684...@list.jccc.edu > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu > Or subscribe: > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu > Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st > News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai...@list.jccc.net > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu > __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-511078-274...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai...@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
