This page explains a conceptual relationship between two poles within Shahrur’s thought, and how this relationship functions in the construction of meaning.
Meaning of the relationship
This linkage indicates that the station of prophethood is the domain that is singular in what pertains to the unseen, reports, and knowledge, not the domain of legislation and regulation. The evidence shows that Muhammad’s station is divided into the station of messengerhood and the station of prophethood: messengerhood is linked to legislation and regulation, while prophethood is linked to the unseen and knowledge. For that reason, it is described as being specific to the unseen, the reports, and knowledge.
The two poles of the relationship
- First pole: the station of prophethood
- Relationship: is specific to
- Second pole: the unseen, the reports, and knowledge
Evidence
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence via the station of prophethood, the station of the unseen and the reports
- Evidence: it divides Muhammad’s station into the station of messengerhood and the station of prophethood: messengerhood is for legislation and regulation, and prophethood is for the unseen and knowledge
Its effect on the conceptual map
This relationship shows the distinction within the concept of Muhammad’s station between a legislative function and an unseen cognitive function. This is important in the conceptual map because it prevents the conflation of two different stations within the same intellectual structure, and makes the station of prophethood a central node for understanding the source of unseen knowledge and reports, in contrast to the station of messengerhood, which governs the domain of legislation and regulation.