This essay examines the interconnections between the theological controversy around the eternity of the Qurʾān and the legal theory debate on the normative categorization of human actions before the advent of divine revelation (ḥukm al-ashyāʾ qabla wurūd al-sharʿ). Prior to the sixth/twelfth century, legal theoreticians and theologians rarely connected the two debates. Early in this century, they started to argue that a scholar’s position on the ‘eternity of divine speech’ should inform his position on the ‘before revelation’ question. I trace the changing relationship between the two debates and use my examination to better understand the nature of the relationship between speculative theology and legal theory.

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在永恒之前：穆斯林律法和神圣话语的永恒


本文考察了围绕古兰经永恒性的神学争论与关于在神圣启示出现之前人类行为的规范分类的法律理论辩论之间的相互联系（ḥukm al-ashyāʾ qabla wurūd al-sharʿ）。在 6/12 世纪之前，法律理论家和神学家很少将这两种辩论联系起来。在本世纪初，他们开始争论学者对“神言的永恒”的立场应该影响他对“启示前”问题的立场。我追溯了两次辩论之间不断变化的关系，并利用我的检查来更好地理解思辨神学和法律理论之间关系的本质。