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Surah: Al-Nahl (90)
Legislative Inimitability — The Complete Legal System
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأۡمُرُ بِٱلۡعَدۡلِ وَٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنِ وَإِيتَآيِٕ ذِي ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰ
— النحل الآية 90
Definition:
Legislative Inimitability is humanity's inability to devise a legal and moral system matching the Quran in comprehensiveness, justice, balance, and timeless applicability.
Domains of Legislative Miracle:
Legislative Inimitability is humanity's inability to devise a legal and moral system matching the Quran in comprehensiveness, justice, balance, and timeless applicability.
Domains of Legislative Miracle:
- Worship: Balancing the spiritual and material in an integrated system.
- Family: Regulating marriage, divorce, and inheritance with precise justice.
- Economics: Prohibiting usury, legislating zakat and commercial transactions.
- Criminal Law: Retribution and fixed penalties with precise safeguards.
- Governance: Principles of consultation, justice, and equality before the law.
Source: M. A. Draz, Legislative Inimitability; Draz, Al-Naba' al-Adhim; Ibn Ashur, Maqasid al-Shari'a
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