Salafi Reading

Shahrur attacks it because it fixes the understanding of the early scholars and turns the past into an absolute reference, and it uses reports to exclude the other and affirm superiority. In his view, it is a historicist reading through which the texts are obscured, and it contradicts the critical reading he calls for.

• Occasions of revelation and transmitted reports are not a valid absolute basis for understanding
• The Wise Revelation reads the narratives critically to found coexistence and freedom
• The Salafi reading makes the past an absolute reference
• Critique of the Salafi reading of the narratives