This page explains a conceptual relationship between two poles within Shahrur’s thought, and how this relationship works in the construction of meaning.
Within a Broader Family
This relationship is part of the field of the Muhammadan message as Shahrur reads it in society, the family, and the text. Its witness carries a specific angle, and the family gathers issues of equality, critique of masculinity, and the negation of abrogation within the message.
The Meaning of the Relationship
The meaning here is that the Muhammadan message, as the final message, does not build its text on the principle of abrogation; that is, its internal content does not depend on canceling part of itself or replacing one ruling within it with another ruling inside the same text. The relationship therefore negates the existence of abrogation within the message itself, and affirms the coherence of its text in terms of structure and meaning.
The Two Poles of the Relationship
- First pole: the Muhammadan message
- Relationship: does not operate on abrogation
- Second pole: within its text
Evidence
- The Book and the Qur’an through No abrogation in the Muhammadan message
- Witness: the Muhammadan message, as the conclusion of the messages, does not operate on abrogation within its text
Its Effect in the Knowledge Map
This relationship gains importance because it determines the position of the Muhammadan message within the overall conception of the religious system, and confirms that it is a complete and coherent message that does not rely on internal substitution in its rulings. In this way, it helps draw a conceptual boundary between the Muhammadan message and those conceptions that make abrogation a foundation in the construction of the text, while also supporting its understanding as the final message, with a fixed textual structure.