伊斯兰的律法和原则，与所有法律一样，都有某些普遍和具体的目标，制定它们正是为了实现这些目标。为了实现这些目标，律法在特定的环境下面向社会发出命令。有时律法针对社会中的所有人，在所有情况下适用；有时针对所有人，但只在特定情况下适用；还有时针对特定的人，在特殊的情形中适用；另有时针对特定的人，在所有情形中适用。因此，传达这些律法的语言必须能够准确地区分各种情况，以避免任何混淆和误解。《古兰经》所用的阿拉伯语言，拥有许多词汇、短语和语法结构，能够表达各种细微的含义，以阐明律法的意图。本章将简要考察其中的一些表达方式，使读者对其中的若干表达模式有一个初步的了解。

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.