The Intended Meaning
This meaning links the scientific evolution of the human being with a Qur’anic reading that holds that the human did not appear all at once, but rather passed through evolutionary stages. This understanding falls within the discussion of Adam as a transitional stage in evolutionary humanization.
The Atom’s Structure in the Atlas
- Type of argument: Historical
- Argument movement: It links the emergence of the human being to evolutionary stages rather than to a sudden occurrence.
- Key terms: human being, evolutionary stages, scientific evolution, Adam.
- Degree of centrality: Primary.
This atom places the Qur’anic reading in dialogue with evolution, making the emergence of the human being an extended process rather than a separate moment, and linking the text to the idea of gradual transformation.
Links to help with reading
- Muhammad Shahrur, The Qur’anic Stories, vol. 1
- History, Evolution, and Sunnas
- Human being
- Adam is a transitional stage in evolutionary humanization
Basis
- Supporting text: “The passage links the scientific evolution of the human being with a Qur’anic reading that sees”.
Place of Basis in the Book
- Book: The Qur’anic Stories, vol. 1.
- Location: At the beginning of the book, within the chapter on the story of Adam and its historical prelude.
- Type of basis: Close attestation.
- Mark that helps verification: The transition of humans from a stage of savagery to a stage of humanization
- Reading note: This passage is suitable as evidence because it speaks of the transition from one stage to another, which accords with the meaning of gradual evolution.
Degree of Documentation
- Level: Directly documented
- Meaning of the level: The atom rests on an explicit witness close to the wording of the claim.
- Limits of the reading: The formulation above is an analytical summary, and should not be treated as a verbatim quotation unless the witness is cited textually.
Its Function in the Book
Its function here is declarative; it establishes a result on which what follows in the argument depends.
Related to
Editorial Note
This atom is among the foundational atoms in the evolutionary narrative.