Claim Atoms: Qur'anic Stories, Vol. 1

Function of the Index

This page is an access guide, not a page setting out the contents of the claim atoms. To access the original book, see Qur’anic Stories, Vol. 1; for the broader index, see Index of Claims.

Shahrur states: “We then concluded that stories are a part of the Qur’an, and that the Qur’an was called the Qur’an only because, in a single book—the book of the sciences of prophethood—it brings together its indications concerning cosmic laws, its recording of some human events, and its presentation of its view of the major narratives in the history of humankind in general.”

The details of each claim below are found on its individual page.

Claim-Atom Pages

• Adam is not the first human being absolutely
• Adam is an intermediate stage in humanization
• Adam represents the beginning of conscious humanity
• Iblis is necessary for human dialectic
• Occasions of revelation do not explain the entire Qur’an
• The accusation of borrowing from Nestorianism is unsubstantiated
• Isra’iliyyat distort Qur’anic stories
• Isra’iliyyat entered Qur’anic exegesis
• The human being is an agent in history
• The human being emerged through evolutionary stages
• The human being is the humanized bashar
• The human being is the principal agent of history
• Bashar precede the human being
• Human history is not deterministic like nature
• Distortion is partial, occurring in meaning and context
• Proportioning and adjustment are stages of preparation
• Legislation differs from stories
• Khabar is connected with observation
• Human creation is evolutionary
• Narrations diminish women
• Sunna and mutual repulsion are tools for understanding evolution
• Evil makes human freedom possible
• Satan symbolizes deception and corruption
• The lesson means moving beyond toward what is better
• The Salafi mind is static and reifying
• The Salafi mind deprives the human being of the right to understand
• The Salafi mind marginalizes the human being
• The jurist and the ruler dominate reality
• The contemporary reading critiques inherited tradition
• The Qur’an as an entry point to the philosophy of history
• The Qur’an does not affirm women’s inferiority
• The Qur’an confirms some of what came before
• The Qur’an is compatible with modern science
• Qur’anic stories extend biblical stories
• Qur’anic stories are not legislation
• Qur’anic stories are not historical narrative
• Qur’anic stories are not for legislation
• Qur’anic stories offer a lesson
• Stories reveal the laws of history
• Stories are connected to the development of consciousness
• Analogical reasoning is invalid in historical stories
• Woman is not the cause of temptation
• Disobedience establishes freedom of choice
• The final criterion is righteous action
• Maqasid become an instrument of authority
• Abrogation is an instrument of fragmentation
• Naba’ concerns the unseen
• The sealing of messengerhood declares the attainment of maturity
• Human vicegerency is founded on knowledge
• The breathing of the spirit initiated cognition and language
• The breathing of the spirit is a moment of qualitative transition