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Abrogation4:82
أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ ۚ وَلَوْ كَانَ مِنْ عِندِ غَيْرِ ٱللَّهِ لَوَجَدُوا۟ فِيهِ ٱخْتِلَٰفًا كَثِيرًا
Will they not then ponder on the Qur'an? If it had been from other than Allah they would have found therein much incongruity. — Marmaduke Pickthall
  • 5–233 versesheld abrogated, depending on the authority (9 authorities with a cited count).
  • 5 — Shah Wali Allah al-Dihlawiaccepted as abrogated: al-Fawz al-kabir, ed. al-Nadwi, Dar al-Sahwa 1407.
  • 233 — Hibat Allah b. Salamaclaimed abrogated: al-Nasikh wa-l-mansukh, ed. al-Shawish & Kan'an, al-Maktab al-Islami 1404/1984. Unverified count.
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How many verses were abrogated? It depends who you ask.

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Verses each classical authority held abrogated, as % of 6,236. Never one number: each figure is cited to its own edition.

  1. Qatada b. Di'ama al-Sadusi d. 117 AH
    35 claimed 0.6%
    al-Nasikh wa-l-mansukh · ed. al-Damin, al-Risala 1418, pp. 31–50
  2. Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri (attributed) d. 124 AH
    39 claimed 0.6%
    al-Nasikh wa-l-mansukh (attributed) · ed. al-Damin, al-Risala 1418, pp. 18–36
  3. Abu Ja'far al-Nahhas d. 338 AH unverified
    116 claimed 1.9%
    al-Nasikh wa-l-mansukh · ed. al-Lahim, al-Risala 1412, 3 vols
  4. Hibat Allah b. Salama d. 410 AH unverified
    233 claimed 3.7%
    al-Nasikh wa-l-mansukh · ed. al-Shawish & Kan'an, al-Maktab al-Islami 1404/1984
  5. Makki b. Abi Talib al-Qaysi d. 437 AH unverified
    181 claimed 2.9%
    al-Idah li-nasikh al-Qur'an wa-mansukhih · ed. Farhat, Dar al-Manara 1406
  6. Abu Bakr Ibn al-'Arabi d. 543 AH unverified
    196 claimed 3.1%
    al-Nasikh wa-l-mansukh · ed. al-Mdaghri, al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya 1413
  7. Abu al-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzi d. 597 AH
    ~22 accepted 0.4% of 247 examined
    Nawasikh al-Qur'an · ed. al-Malibari, Islamic University 1423, editor, 1/177, editor, 2/633–638
  8. Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti d. 911 AH
    20–22 accepted 0.3%–0.4%
    al-Itqan fi 'ulum al-Qur'an, naw' 47 · ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim, al-Hay'a 1394, vol. 3, 3/73–77
  9. Shah Wali Allah al-Dihlawi d. 1176 AH
    5 accepted <0.1% of 21 examined
    al-Fawz al-kabir · ed. al-Nadwi, Dar al-Sahwa 1407, pp. 85–93, p. 93

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Arabic firstḤafṣ text from the Tanzil Project, shown unaltered; other transmissions word by word, each sourced.
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