Sheria na kanuni za Kiislamu, kama sheria zote, zina malengo ya jumla na mahsusi ambayo zimekusudiwa kuyafikia. Ili kufikia malengo hayo, sheria hizo huelekezwa kwa jamii chini ya mazingira fulani. Wakati mwingine sheria huelekezwa kwa watu wote wa jamii chini ya mazingira yote, wakati mwingine kwa watu wote chini ya mazingira mahsusi, wakati mwingine kwa watu fulani katika hali maalum, na wakati mwingine kwa watu fulani katika hali zote. Kwa hiyo, lugha ambayo sheria hizi zinatolewa nayo lazima itofautishe kwa usahihi kati ya visa mbalimbali ili kuepusha mkanganyiko na upotoshaji wa maana. Lugha ya Kiarabu ambayo Qur’aan iliteremshwa nayo ina maneno mengi, misemo na miundo ya kisarufi inayoeleza vivuli mbalimbali vya maana vinavyohitajika kufafanua lengo la sheria hizo. Baadhi ya njia hizi za kueleza zitasomwa kwa ufupi katika sura hii, ili kumpa msomaji muhtasari wa baadhi ya namna za kujieleza.

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.