Intended Meaning
The point is that the meaning of “the year” is understood here together with the event to which it is connected. The definition does not treat it as an abstract span of time separate from the occurrence.
What Is Attributed to Shahrur
Shahrur defines “the year” as follows: “The year: a temporal measure connected to the event and defined in Qur’anic usage.” Muhammad Shahrur the Book and the Qur’an
Atlas Explanation
The phrase “connected to the event” makes the event part of how this temporal measure is understood. Accordingly, the word “year” is not read here as the name of a duration independent of the context of the occurrence in which the term appears.
Synthetic Conclusion
This atom supports reading time, in this aspect of the conception attributed to Shahrur, as constrained by its event-related context. See: Time in the Qur’anic conception is relative and constrained by the event, and History, Evolution, and Sunan.
Open Question and Limits of the Evidence
This witness alone does not explain how to distinguish “the year” from other temporal terms, nor does it provide detailed examples of usage. The text of the quotation has been verified in the available evidence, but its location was not found in the available raw text; the presentation therefore remains limited to the literal definition and what follows from it directly.
The Book and the Qur’an · Time in the Qur’anic conception is relative and constrained by the event