This page explains a conceptual relation between two poles within Shahrur’s thought, and how this relation functions in the construction of meaning.
Within a Broader Family
This relation belongs to the field of interpretation as a link between text, reality, and reason. Its witness shows an aspect of correspondence or outcome, and the family brings together interpretation with truth and law, as well as the transformation of understanding through history.
Meaning of the Relation
The meaning here is that interpretation is not merely a reading of the text, but rather a method by which the Qur’anic report is tested through its correspondence with objective reality and with the judgment of reason. In this conception, interpretation does not content itself with linguistic explanation or mental inference; rather, it makes consistency with reality and with reason the criterion for understanding the report and judging it.
The Two Poles of the Relation
- First pole: interpretation
- Relation: is based on
- Second pole: matching the Qur’anic report with objective reality and reason
Evidence
- The Book and the Qur’an via Interpretation is a criterion for matching the report with reality and reason
- Witness: Interpretation is a criterion for matching the report with reality and reason presents interpretation as matching the report, reason, and reality in a methodological definition that makes correspondence between text and truth the criterion of judgment
Its Effect in the Knowledge Map
This relation shows the status of interpretation as a normative tool that links the Qur’anic text to the domains of objective truth and reason. It is therefore a central relation in the conceptual map. It shows that understanding the Qur’an here is inseparable from verifying the truthfulness of the report in the world and its rational acceptability, which makes interpretation a bridge between text, knowledge, and reality.