Breaking the Dogma: The Problem of "Abrogation" (Naskh) and the Impermanence of the Divine Law
Throughout history, attempts to justify contradictions in religious texts have often been driven by human dogma rather than truth. The concept of "abrogation" (Naskh) in the Islamic tradition represents one of the most controversial interpretations - the idea that God can "abolish" one law and replace it with another.
If the Naskh refers only to "signs" (ayat), then it is not disputed. However, if it means that God abrogates His own laws and changes them, then this directly violates the principles of divine justice and immutability.
This lesson will prove that true prophets do not abrogate God's law, that the law is eternal, and that the concept of "abrogation" is actually a human invention to justify contradictions.
1️⃣ Naskh in the Qur'an - What does 2:106 really mean?
Muslim scholars promoting abolition often use Qur'an 2:106 as evidence:
📜 Quran 2:106
"We do not finish any sign (ayat) or let it be forgotten, without bringing a better one than it or similar to it. Don't you know that Allah has power over everything?"
📌 Logical analysis:
➡ The word ayat means sign, proof, miracle, verse.
➡ It does not necessarily mean "law" or "revelation", which means that this verse does not refer to the abrogation of God's law.
Would Ellah replace his perfect command with a "better" one? This implies that the previous law was imperfect or deficient, which contradicts His omniscience and perfection.
➡ If it refers to signs and evidence, then the meaning is that God replaces the miracles of the previous prophets with new signs for the people of a certain time.
📜 Quran 2:108
"Do you want to ask your Prophet as they asked Musa before? And whoever replaces belief with disbelief has indeed strayed from the right path."
➡ This verse is the key to understanding 2:106.
➡ People were not looking for changes in the law, but they were looking for signs and miracles from Moses, just as they were from Muhammad.
➡ This means that the "change of signs" (naskh) in 2:106 is related to miracles, not to changing God's laws.
📜 Quran 4:153
"The followers of the Book ask you to send down the Book from heaven. Musa was already asked to show something greater than that..."
➡ This directly explains 2:106!
➡ People were not looking for a change in the law, but for sensational miracles.
➡ The verses about "changing the signs" refer to this topic, not to changing God's law.
📌 Conclusion:
✅ 2:106 does not prove that God's law is changing, but it is talking about replacing signs and wonders.
✅ 2:108 and 4:153 confirm that people were looking for miracles, not legal changes.
✅ The claim that the law can be changed is contradictory to many other Quranic verses.
2️⃣ God's law is eternal and unchanging
The basic problem with the concept of abrogation is that it portrays God as changing his mind. If Allah is perfect and all-knowing, why would He establish a law only to abolish it later?
📜 Psalms 119:89
"Your word, Lord, stands firm in the heavens forever."
📜 Malachi 3:6
"I am the Lord, I do not change."
📜 Isaiah 40:8
"The grass withers, the flowers wither, but the word of our God remains forever."
📜 Kolbrin, GLN:15:44
"I am God who set the Law, and nothing man can do will change it."
The same principle is found in the Qur'an:
📜 Qur'an 6:115
"The word of your Lord is filled with truth and justice. No one can change His words."
📜 Qur'an 10:64
"For them are glad tidings in the life of this world and the hereafter. Ellah's words do not change."
If no one can change Ellah's words, then how can a previous command be "undone"? Does Ellah contradict himself? If the law is divine, it must be eternal.
📌 Conclusion:
✅ If God is perfect, His law cannot be "abolished" or "replaced".
✅ Changing the law would mean that the previous law was imperfect, which is illogical.
✅ Every prophet who changes or abolishes the law is a false prophet!
📜 Kolbrin, SVB:7:10
"If a prophet sets forth a body of law that opposes established teachings, or laws that claim to completely supersede previous ones, he is a false prophet."
➡ This completely destroys the naskha dogma!
➡ A true prophet confirms the law - he does not change it.
3️⃣ Alcohol in the Qur'an - it was not gradually prohibited
Abolition was invented to justify the contradictions
The doctrine of Nashh was developed because early Muslim scholars could not reconcile the contradictions in the Qur'an. Instead of admitting that the contradictions exist because of human transmission, they invented the idea that some laws were abrogated.
for example:
🔴 Contradiction about alcohol:
Quran 2:219 says that alcohol has both benefits and harm.
Quran 4:43 forbids praying while drunk.
Qur'an 5:90 calls it "the work of Satan" and allegedly "forbids it completely".
Rather than understanding this as an explanation of boundaries, scholars have argued that the earlier verses were "abrogated."
But what is the truth about this topic?
📜 Quran 2:219
"They ask you about wine and gambling. Say: There is a great sin in them, but also a benefit for people; and the sin is greater than the benefit..."
➡ If alcohol is "the work of Satan", why does the Qur'an say that it is beneficial?
➡ Does this mean that Satan's work is beneficial?
➡ Obviously, this is not an absolute ban.
📜 Quran 4:43
"O you who believe, do not approach the prayer while drunk, until you know what you are saying."
📜 Leviticus 10:9
"Do not drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, lest you die. This shall be an everlasting ordinance."
➡ Both texts prohibit alcohol only in specific circumstances (when praying or serving God).
➡ There was never a complete ban - but regulation.
📜 Numbers 6:2-3
"The Nazirites were forbidden to drink wine as part of the covenant."
📌 So, alcohol is not "the devil's work", but the abuse of alcohol!
The same applies to gambling and divination - they are not evil in themselves, but their misuse leads to sin!
📜 Quran 16:67
"You make a drink from the fruits of palm trees and grapes - therein is a sign for people who think."
📌 If alcohol is absolutely forbidden, then how can it be a "sign for thinking people"?!
📜 Kolbrin, Silver Branch
"The light is not in the drink, but those who seek it sincerely will not be lost. Rules are given to those who do not know the measure, and the wise know where the limit is."
📌 Conclusion:
God did not prohibit alcohol, but gave clear rules when it should be avoided!
Islam did not pass a "new law" on alcohol - it established limits as in the Tanakh!
The argument about naskh does not stand - the law has not changed, only the context has been explained!
🔴 Contradiction about war and peace:
Qur'an 2:256: "There is no compulsion in religion."
Qur'an 9:29: "Fight those People of the Book who do not believe ...."
Instead of reconciling them, they said that the peaceful verses were canceled by the later war verses.
However, if the abrogation is real, how can we trust any scripture? If Ellah can "undo" the laws, what prevents more changes in the future?
📌 Conclusion:
✅ Alcohol was never completely banned.
✅ The ban is related to certain situations, but it has not been "abrogated" over time.
✅ There is no evidence for "phasing out" of alcohol, only regulation.
✅ Abrogation is a lie and a theory by no means a fact.
4️⃣ Prophets do not change the law - they confirm it
📜 Deuteronomy 13:1-3
"If a prophet arises among you... and says: 'Let us follow other gods'... do not listen to the words of that prophet."
📜 Isaiah 8:20
"The law and the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them."
📜 Kolbrin, SVB:3:8
"I am not a prophet of new doctrines, nor do I proclaim the Truth as a new thing. The Truth remains always the same, no matter how it is dressed."
📜 Gospel according to Matthew 5:17
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish, but to fulfill."
📜 Kolbrin, SVB:7:10
"If a prophet lays down laws that claim to completely replace previous ones, he is a false prophet."
📜 SCL:25:88
"We will sing of Your ways and of Your laws, which remain forever unchanged."
A true prophet builds on previous revelation, but never does away with it.
📌 Conclusion:
✅ True prophets do not change God's law - they confirm it.
✅ Any prophet who claims that the law has been abolished is a false prophet.
✅ "Naskh" is a fabrication to justify contradictions.
✅ Yeshua (Jesus) did not abolish the Torah, but corrected the Pharisaic distortions.
✅ Moses supported Noah's laws and added further instructions.
✅ Muhammad claimed to confirm previous scriptures, but the abrogation indicates that he changed the laws.
If Muhammad really followed the previous prophets, why would he abrogate the previous laws?
5️⃣ Conclusion – The dogma of Naskh is collapsing!
If cancel is true, then:
1️⃣ The Qur'an contradicts itself - first saying Allah's words cannot be changed, then saying that He changes them.
2️⃣ No law is reliable—because every verse could be "abolished" later.
3️⃣ Allows distortion of the truth—religious leaders can claim that any verse has been abrogated to suit their agenda.
4️⃣ This makes Ellah seem imperfect - as if he didn't know what was best from the beginning.
5️⃣ It weakens divine law - if laws can be abolished, then morality becomes relative.
If the true divine law is immutable, then Naskh (as abrogation) is false.
📌 What did we prove?
✅ 2:106 is not talking about abolishing the law, but about replacing signs and wonders.
✅ God's law is eternal and unchanging.
✅ True prophets do not abolish the law, but confirm and upgrade it.
✅ Alcohol was never completely prohibited, but regulated.
✅ The dogma of "abrogation" is a human invention to justify contradictions.
📜 Quran 17:81
"And say, 'The truth has come, and falsehood has passed away: falsehood is bound to pass away.'"
📜 SVB:7:22
"Truth is eternal and unchanging. Earth is false because it changes and passes away. Truth and the Supreme Spirit are one, because they are eternal things."
💡 Truth is eternal. Dogmas are breaking down. The light wins and shines in the darkness.
📜 Matthew 5:14-16
"You are the light of the world. A city cannot be hidden when it stands on a mountain. Nor is a weed lit and blown under a measure, but on a candlestick, so it shines on everyone who is in the house."
