Summary of the Thesis

Shahrur understands divine sovereignty as a first stage connected to direct domination, then the conception moves to vicegerency and subjugation, and after that to the sovereignty of the Book, which transfers legislation to the human being.

Foundational Atoms

Point of Reference within the Book

This formulation is based on the opening sections of the book, where the shift from domination to subjugation is presented, and then to the stage of human legislation.

Limits of the Reading

The page summarizes a conceptual sequence drawn from closely related atoms, and does not add a historical ordering beyond what the evidence indicates.