Abrogation in the Quran

SYNOPSIS The lexical and technical meaning of al-naskh (abrogation); the possibil‌ ity of abrogation; its occurrence in the Torah; its occurrence in the Islamic Sharia; the three kinds of abrogation; the verses that are said to be abrogated, and the proof that they belong to the clear (mul:zkama) type of verses; the verse about temporary marriage (muta) and its proof, demonstrating the lawfulness of the muta type of marriage; stoning because of mut a marriage; the legal opinion of Abu l:Ianifa re‌ garding the inapplicability of the punishment for adultery on muta marriage; his ruling regarding the inapplicability of the punishment for adultery if a man hires a woman and commits adultery with her; the attribution of this ruling to Umar; allegations regarding the muta; the open prejudice involved in the Companions refraining to act upon the al-najwa verse; al-Razis opinion and its rebuttal.

In the works of Quranic exegesis and in other related literature, many verses are said to have been abrogated. In fact, Abo. Bakr al-Nal}l}as has compiled these verses in his book al-Nasikh wa al-Mansukh, and they amount to ١٣٧ verses.
We have undertaken this discussion to examine these verses that are claimed to
have been abrogated, and to demonstrate that, in reality, not even one of them has been abrogated, let alone all of them.
We have limited ourselves to thirty-six of these verses, and these are the ones that call for discussion and explanation to clarify the truth conceming them. As for the rest of the verses, the status regarding them is sufficiently clear as to not require fur‌ ther elucidation to determine that they are not abrogated.

AI-Naskh (Abrogation) in the Lexicons

In its lexical meaning, the word al-naskh signifies "to have a copy made" (istiktab), in the sense of transcribing (istinsakh) or copying (intisakh). It also signifies "trans‌ fer" (naql), and "transformation" (taj:zwrl). Moreover, it is used in conveying "sue-