This page is an analytical map of the episode, not a transcript of it. The internal archive contains the transcript and audio for verification and analysis only; the atlas does not publish them.
The episode’s place within the program
- Stage: the permissible, the forbidden, and custom
- Function of the episode: to present the arts, custom, and the limits of the permissible and the forbidden as a dialogical entry point linking the concept to books and atoms.
- Current number of related atoms: 13
Source data
- Original title in the archive: Program al-Naba’ al-`Azim with Yahya al-Amir and his guest Dr. Muhammad Shahrur, Episode 20
- Internal transcript: present, unpublished.
- Internal audio: present, unpublished.
- YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8LAuwM2uYM
Related concepts
Related books
Extracted atoms
- Public morals are determined by society
- Customs are multiple and changeable
- Prohibition belongs to God alone
- Juristic interpretation is a human construct
- Falsehood and idle talk are not necessarily singing
- Theft falls under transgression without right
- Punishments evolved gradually with the development of consciousness
- The arts are not forbidden in themselves
- Retaliation is tied to intentional killing
- Muhammad’s law reduced execution to a minimum
- Moses’ law is milder than Hammurabi’s
- Cutting off hands does not necessarily mean amputation
- Idle discourse is not singing
Verification notes
- The episode is used as a popular explanatory medium, not as a foundational written text.
- When quoting or conducting academic research, one should refer to the original episode and the related books.
- The concept and book links here are a first layer, open to later careful review.