Waraqiyyah, Abdul Razzaq. “Intent in the Qur'an Between the Formative and Legislative: A Maqāṣidī Approach,” Year 15, Issue 57 (Summer 1430 AH/ 2009 CE), Pp. 13-44.

الملخص

Abdul Razzaq Waraqiyyah’s article discusses the concepts of intent and will, and their relationship with each other in the Qur'an using proofs from the text and from reason. It distinguishes between two types of intent: formative intent (creation), and legislative intent (requiring humans to seek knowledge), and argues that the formative intent necessitates the legislative intent, and each has characteristics and types. The article attempts to reconcile the differences between the two types and resolve their problematic issues.  It concludes that failure to distinguish between the two intents (in both classical and modern times) has caused confusion in understanding and disorder in thought, which results in deviations in ʿaqīdah (belief) and distortions in fiqh.