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Adnan Oktar
(Harun Yahya)

acle, as well as verse, but the word "ayat" used to refer to the verses
of the Qur'an never appears in singular form. When it appears in the
singular, the word "ayat" always means evidence or sign, and that is
how it is translated in all other verses.

The meaning here is therefore not "verses of the Qur'an" but
"signs, rules and Sharia" that went before it. According to this verse,
therefore, if some practices and commandments applied by previous

communities to whom Divine books were sent down, that is, Jews
and Christians, were forgotten in time, these have either been
recalled or else abrogated by the Qur'an. A similar or better version
has thus been brought forth with the Qur'an.

We also need to concentrate on the words "cause it to be forgot-
ten" in the verse. In order for one commandment to abrogate anoth-
er, the earlier one has to have been "forgotten." Since the Qur'an has

remained unchanged for 1,400 years there can be no question of one
verse replacing another. The commandments that fanatics allege
have been abrogated have not been forgotten; they are still in the
Qur'an. This clearly shows that the abrogation being referred to here
is not of one verse by another, but of commandments belonging to
earlier communities that have since been forgotten. Commands that

have been sent down to earlier societies but "forgotten" have been
restored with the Qur'an, with more auspicious or similar versions
being sent down to those communities.

The Qur'an Is a "Preserved" Book

As our Lord explicitly states in a verse, the Qur'an is a "pre-
served" Book.

It is We Who have sent down the Reminder [the Qur'an] and We
Who will preserve it. (Qur'an, 15:9)

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