ثُمَّ قَفَّيْنَا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِم بِرُسُلِنَا وَقَفَّيْنَا بِعِيسَى ٱبْنِ مَرْيَمَ وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ ٱلْإِنجِيلَ وَجَعَلْنَا فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوهُ رَأْفَةً وَرَحْمَةً وَرَهْبَانِيَّةً ٱبْتَدَعُوهَا مَا كَتَبْنَٰهَا عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ رِضْوَٰنِ ٱللَّهِ فَمَا رَعَوْهَا حَقَّ رِعَايَتِهَا فَـَٔاتَيْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ أَجْرَهُمْ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَٰسِقُونَ
Quran glossary · draft
بدع
human innovation
A novel religious institution initiated by people without divine prescription.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1
Roots: بدع
Lemmas: ابتدع
Forms: ٱبْتَدَعُ
Occurrence examples (1 of 1)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.
Why this meaning was chosen
The active descriptor بَدِيع attributes unmatched origination of the heavens and earth to God. بِدْع denies that Muhammad is an unprecedented messenger, while Form VIII describes monasticism as a human institution they initiated without divine prescription. Agency and authorization distinguish the applications, not the core novelty relation.