Intended meaning
The author sees that much of the inherited Islamic jurisprudence has no connection to the Qur’an, and that it may not be treated as though it matches the Qur’anic text The intended meaning is that this jurisprudence is a historical human product, not a direct extension of the Qur’an itself
The atom’s structure in the atlas
- Type of argument: Critical
- Argument movement: Denies the correspondence between inherited jurisprudence and the Qur’an.
- Key terms: inherited jurisprudence, the Qur’an, correspondence.
- Degree of centrality: Original.
This atom draws a clear distance between inherited jurisprudence and the Qur’anic text, and prevents treating it as a direct extension of it or a substitute for it.
Links that help with reading
- Muhammad Shahrur Quran in Contemporary Thought
- Critique of Heritage, Jurisprudence, and Tafsir
- The Qur’an
- Jurisprudence is a historical human heritage that does not possess authority equal to the Qur’an
Support
- Supporting text: “much of Islamic jurisprudence has no connection to the Qur’an.”
Place of support in the book
- Book: The Qur’an in Contemporary Thought.
- Location: in the first section of the book within the critique of jurisprudence books
- Type of support: close evidence.
- Verification marker: purely human product
- Reading note: the text explicitly states that Islamic jurisprudence is a purely human product, which is close support for the idea of its non-correspondence with the Qur’an.
Degree of documentation
- Level: directly documented
- Meaning of the level: the atom relies on a clear witness close to the wording of the claim.
- Limits of reading: the wording above is an analytical summary, and is not treated as a verbatim quotation unless the witness is quoted word for word.
Its function in the book
Its function here is argumentative; it supports a larger conclusion in the chapter or prepares for it.
Related to
Editorial note
It is one of the strongest atoms in the critique of jurisprudential authority.