This entry belongs to the Shahrur lexicon. The entry addresses the meaning of judgment in its relation to destiny, where Shahrur rejects making them two names for one deterministic meaning.
The meaning in Shahrur
Judgment, in this semantic distinction, is a conscious human act that takes place within freedom and choice. It therefore moves within the sphere of responsibility and conduct, not within the sphere of abstract objective existence.
Distinctions
- It differs from destiny; destiny is the objective existence of things and events, whereas judgment is a conscious act or command that can be complied with or disobeyed depending on the context.
- It differs from determinism; because it does not negate human freedom or turn conduct into a closed fate.
- It is adjacent to action because, in the atom, it appears as a conscious human act.
Foundational links
- Judgment is a conscious human act
- Destiny is objective existence
- Objective existence and the free human being are complementary in the Qur’anic vision
- An-Nisa 78
- An-Nisa 79
- Al-Isra 23
- destiny
- semantic distinctions
Its place in the atlas
This entry establishes the distinction between the system of existence and responsible action, and prevents judgment and destiny from being reduced to a single deterministic conception.