This page explains a conceptual relationship between two elements within Shahrur’s thought, and how this relationship functions in the construction of meaning.
Within a Broader Family
This relationship is part of the field of the Muhammadic message as Shahrur reads it in society, family, and the text. Its witness carries a specific angle, and the family brings together questions of equality, critique of masculinity, and the rejection of abrogation within the message.
The Meaning of the Relationship
What is meant is that the Muhammadic message is not a domain of internal abrogation among its rulings or its legislative structure; rather, this kind of abrogation took place in the previous messages. In other words, Muhammadic legislation rests on a fixed structure that does not need to cancel parts of itself from within.
The Two Sides of the Relationship
- First side: the Muhammadic message
- Relationship: is not based on internal abrogation, and abrogation
- Second side: occurred in the previous messages
The Evidence
- The Book and the Qur’an through Abrogation does not occur within the Muhammadic message but concerns the previous messages
- Witness: Abrogation does not occur within the Muhammadic message but concerns the previous messages; there is no abrogation in the Muhammadic message. This states that Muhammadic legislation does not require internal cancellation, but rather rests on a fixed structure
Its Effect on the Cognitive Map
This relationship shows the place of the Muhammadic message within the conceptual map as a message with legislative stability, and distinguishes it from the previous messages in which abrogation was linked to the change of some rulings. Therefore, it connects the concept of the Muhammadic message and the concept of abrogation in a way that defines the boundaries of each and prevents confusion between the characteristics of different messages.