<![CDATA[Classical Qur’anic exegesis has predominantly interpreted the relationship between the bequest verse (Q. al-Baqarah [2]:180) and the inheritance verses (Q. al-Nisā’ [4]:11–12) through the doctrine of nāsikh–mansūkh, assuming that legal coherence requires textual abrogation. While this paradigm has profoundly shaped Islamic legal thought, it has also constrained alternative hermeneutical models capable of preserving the normative integrity of both texts. Addressing this issue, this study reconstructs the nāsikh–mansūkh paradigm through a tafsīr maqāṣidī approach. Employing qualitative library research, the study integrates linguistic, contextual, comparative exegetical, and maqāṣid-oriented hermeneutic analyses of classical and contemporary Qur’anic exegesis. The findings demonstrate that the relationship between the two sets of verses is not abrogative but takāmul maqāṣidī (maqāṣidic complementarity), in which inheritance establishes the normative structure of wealth distribution while bequest functions as a flexible ethical mechanism that safeguards distributive justice in circumstances beyond the reach of fixed inheritance rules. Rather than treating nāsikh–mansūkh as the cancellation of legal validity, this reconstruction reframes it as the progressive realization of shared normative objectives. The study therefore proposes an alternative epistemological model for interpreting intertextual legal relationships in the Qur’an, offering a more coherent, justice-oriented, and context-sensitive framework for contemporary Islamic legal hermeneutics.]]>
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