Intended meaning
Sunna here is not a fixed, absolute temporal quantity, but a relative measure that may be linked to the speed of motion or the nature of the event. Therefore, its estimation varies according to the context in which it is measured.
The atom’s structure in the atlas
- Type of argument: definitional
- Argument movement: it treats Sunna as a relative measure tied to context rather than a fixed, absolute quantity.
- Key terms: Sunna, relative temporal measure, speed, event.
- Degree of centrality: secondary.
This atom explains that time in this context is not understood as a fixed number, but as a relation measured according to the nature of the event or motion, thereby broadening the horizon of temporal reading.
Links that help with reading
- Muhammad Shahrur the Book and the Qur’an
- the Book and the Qur’an and the Mother of the Book
- Sunna
- Time in the Qur’anic conception is relative and constrained by the event
Basis
- Supporting text: “Sunna: a relative temporal measure that may be linked to speed or event.”
Level of documentation
- Level: directly documented
- Meaning of the level: the atom rests on an explicit witness close to the formulation of the claim.
- Limits of reading: the wording above is an analytical summary, and should not be treated as a verbatim quotation unless the witness is quoted word for word.
Its function in the book
Its function here is definitional; it sets out a meaning or conceptual distinction on which Shahrur relies in building the idea.
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Editorial note
The meaning is distilled into a short, clear phrase.