What Is Attributed to Shahrur
In Muhammad Shahrur: Religion and Power, Shahrur links the building of the Civil State with the separation of powers, describing this connection as a practical extension of the prophetic model.
“He links the building of the civil state with the separation of powers, and considers this a practical extension of the prophetic model.”
Atlas Explanation
This atom records an explicit connection in the text between the concept of the civil state and the principle of the separation of powers. It does not provide a complete definition of the civil state; rather, it identifies an institutional principle that the author links to its construction. For the broader context: The Civil State, Religion, and Power.
Limited Inference
The statement may be read as a move from general discussion of the civil state to an institutional principle: the separation of powers. However, this is an inference from the wording of the witness, not an institutional detail attributed to him.
Open Question and Limits of the Evidence
The witness does not specify which powers are to be separated, the mechanism of that separation, or how it constitutes an extension of the prophetic model. It is therefore not valid to infer from it alone a detailed claim about the distribution of powers or safeguards against despotism. This passage may be compared with Jurisprudence is historical and civil law is separate from it.
Religion and Power · Jurisprudence is historical and civil law is separate from it