Dokokin Musulunci da ka'idojinsa, kamar kowane doka, suna da wasu manufofi na gaba ɗaya da na musamman da aka tsara su don cimmawa. Domin cimma waɗannan manufofi, dokokin kan yi magana da al'umma cikin wani yanayi da aka ƙayyade. Wani lokaci dokokin suna nufin dukan mutanen al'umma a kowane hali, wani lokaci kuma dukan mutane a wasu yanayi na musamman, a wasu lokuta kuma wasu mutane na musamman a wasu yanayi na musamman, a wasu lokutan kuma wasu mutane na musamman a kowane hali. Saboda haka, harshen da ake isar da waɗannan dokoki dole ne ya bambance tsakanin lamuran daban-daban daidai, domin kauce wa ruɗani da kuskuren fahimta. Harshen Larabci da aka saukar da Alƙur'ani da shi yana da kalmomi, jimloli da tsare-tsaren nahawu da dama waɗanda ke bayyana nau'ikan ma'anoni daban-daban da ake buƙata don bayyana manufar dokokin. Za a yi nazari a taƙaice a kan wasu daga cikin waɗannan hanyoyin bayyana a cikin wannan babin, domin ba mai karatu damar ganin wasu daga cikin hanyoyin magana.

Islaamic laws and principles, like all laws, have certain general and specific goals which they are designed to achieve. In order to achieve these goals, the laws address society under a given set of circumstances. Sometimes the laws are directed to all people of the society under all circumstances, sometimes to all people under specific circumstances, at other times to particular people in special situations, and at other times to particular people in all situations. Hence, the language by which these laws are delivered has to accurately distinguish between the various cases in order to avoid any confusion and misinterpretation. The Arabic language in which the Qur’aan was conveyed has a number of words, phrases and grammatical constructions which express the various shades of meanings necessary to clarify the intent of the laws. Some of these expressions will be briefly studied in this chapter in order to give the reader a glimpse of some of the modes of expression.