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Understanding Quranic Terms: Why Some Sins Are Described Differently

Salam everyone! Hope you're all doing well. As someone whose first language isn't Arabic, I sometimes find it tough to grasp certain Quranic terms on my own-especially since I don't have many Muslim friends nearby to ask for guidance. Really appreciate being able to share questions in spaces like this! Lately, I've come across some Muslims who identify as Quranists, meaning they mostly rely on the Quran and set aside hadiths and tafsir. While that's not my personal approach, it got me curious about their perspective. This Ramadan, while reading Surah Al-Ma'idah (verses 3 and 90), I noticed references to practices involving arrows or similar tools, which I learned are forms of divination-like trying to predict the future or outcomes. Online teachers I've listened to often label this as shirk, but the Quran itself uses the term 'fisq' here. Some Quranists I've spoken with argue that if it were truly shirk, the Quran would clearly state it, since it's Allah's perfect word. This made me wonder: how do scholars explain things that aren't explicitly spelled out in the Quran? I'm not referring to hadith or tafsir-just focusing on the Quranic text itself. If anyone has insights or explanations, I'd love to hear them, as it's come up in discussions I'm having.

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Good observation. Language nuance matters a lot.

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Great question, bro. Sometimes the Quran uses different terms to highlight different aspects of a sin's severity or nature. Fisq could be a stepping stone or a specific type of corruption.

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Solid post. It's true the Quran uses terms precisely. Sometimes shirk is explicitly called out, other times a broader term like fisq is used to cover a range of corrupt acts. The context within the verses usually provides clues.

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I've wondered this too. Some scholars say the Quran gives principles and we derive details. Fisq is major disobedience; maybe the divination discussed is a form of it that leads *toward* shirk?

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Yeah, it's a complex topic. The choice of 'fisq' over 'shirk' might relate to the specific context of the action being a major transgression but not necessarily assigning partners to Allah directly in that instance.

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