What Is Attributed to Shahrur?
This atom records that Shahrur links Qur’anic miraculousness to the text’s freedom from “padding, excess, and unnecessary synonymy.” This attribution remains provisional, because the available evidence is a paraphrase associated with the fifth episode, rather than a documented verbatim quotation from the episode.
Atlas Explanation
Within this formulation, padding refers to what is not needed in the construction of the text; unnecessary synonymy refers to not treating differences in wording as mere repetition without a function. This page does not go beyond that to provide a detailed linguistic definition or a general rule of application, as the available evidence does not provide one.
Qualified Inference
The claim may be understood as directing attention to the precision of word choice in reading the text. However, by itself, it does not establish a judgment about every instance that appears to involve repetition, nor does it specify a criterion for distinguishing repetition from padding.
Open Question and Source Limits
Does Shahrur present this connection as a comprehensive definition of miraculousness or as one of its aspects? The available evidence does not settle this. The material available here also does not establish that he denies rhetoric or linguistic beauty, nor does it establish the statement, “every letter has a function.” It is necessary to consult the original episode and the related book paths to verify the wording and context: الحلقة الخامسة، The Book and the Qur’an، The Mother of the Book and Its Elaboration، A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation.