Quran glossary · draft

بدع

unprecedented instance

A supposedly first instance that lacks any prior counterpart.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: بدع

Lemmas: بدع

Forms: بِدْعًا

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

46:9

قُلْ مَا كُنتُ بِدْعًا مِّنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ وَمَآ أَدْرِى مَا يُفْعَلُ بِى وَلَا بِكُمْ إِنْ أَتَّبِعُ إِلَّا مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

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.