Evidence location: Muhammad Shahrur, State and Society; Page 81؛ OCR line 1459. Arabic source witness: «بدأ عصر الأبوة في تاريخ الإنسانية مع نوح» Arabic source witness: «سبق عصر نوح عصر آدم الذي يمثل عصر الأمومة عندما وعى الإنسان الذكر أمه»
Shahrur’s Statement
Shahrur says: “Its transformation from matriarchy to patriarchy followed changes in property, power, and subsistence needs.”
Atlas explanation: This passage establishes the connection between the transformation and the three elements, without explaining its mechanism or assigning property alone the role of the decisive cause.
What Does the Passage Establish?
The passage establishes the association of familial transformation with property, power, and subsistence needs together. Therefore, the atom should not be reduced to property alone, nor should it be formulated as proof of a single direct causality unless additional evidence is provided to demonstrate this.
Limits of the Reading
The cited text does not specify the timing of this transformation, clarify the order in which property, power, and subsistence needs exerted their effects, or detail the historical relationship between matriarchy and patriarchy.