This page gathers the main pathways associated with the concept of «the mutashābih» within the atlas: the shared entry, the lexicon, where it appears in the books, the verses, the relations, and the nearby claims.
Direct answer
The mutashābih is determined by its place in the distinction between it and the muḥkam, and by its special relation to interpretation. The page links it to the structural reclassification of the Qur’an, to distinguishing the Book from the Qur’an, and to the idea that the prophecy becomes report through interpretation. It also shows that disagreement is connected to the way the mutashābih is handled, not to the muḥkam alone.
Concept keys
- Interpretation is specific to the mutashābih.
- The muḥkam and the mutashābih each have their own elaboration.
- The Book and the Qur’an are distinct.
- Prophecy becomes report through interpretation.
- Interpretation is the cause of disagreement.
Where does the tracking begin?
- the mutashābih
- the Book differs from the Qur’an
- interpretation is specific to the mutashābih
- the muḥkam and the mutashābih each have their own elaboration
- prophecy becomes report through interpretation
Shared entry
- Tracking begins from the difference between the muḥkam and the mutashābih, and from the place of interpretation in reading the text.
Lexicon
Appearance in the books
Related verses
Conceptual relations
Nearby claims
- juristic analogy does not extend to narratives
- ijtihād pertains to the muḥkamāt
- interpretation is specific to the mutashābih
- interpretation is the cause of disagreement
- the Qur’an is structurally reclassified
- the Book and the Qur’an are distinct
- the muḥkam and the mutashābih each have their own elaboration
- prophecy becomes report through interpretation
- gathering verses to understand the muḥkam
- the Book is not the Qur’an in its signification