Citation locator: Episode 02: Rhetoric, Abrogation, Tidings, and Report in the Revelation, at 00:02:41.599–00:02:48.589. Raw Arabic excerpt: «اللغه هي اداه التفكير واداه الاتصال». English reading: “Language is a tool of thought and a tool of communication.”
What Does the Source Establish?
The excerpt states that language is a tool of thought and a tool of communication. The Arabic excerpt is retained in the raw form in which it appears in the episode captions.
What Is Attributed to Shahrur
Within this clip, the source attributes to Shahrur the view that language performs two expressly stated functions: thought and communication.
Atlas Explanation
The excerpt brings together language’s internal function as a tool of thought and its communicative function as a tool of communication. It does not specify how thought arises through language or explain the form or conditions of communication.
Bounded Conclusion
The clip establishes only the two stated functions. By itself, it does not establish a relation between the development of language and the development of knowledge, specific rules for analyzing Qur’anic expressions, or a particular position on dictionaries and methods of exegesis.
Open Question and Evidentiary Limits
How does Shahrur apply the functions of thought and communication when reading Qur’anic expressions? The selected clip does not answer this question, so such applications remain outside the scope of this atom.