Intended Meaning
Prophethood here is linked to the Qur’an and to the objective truths it reveals It is not merely legislation or exhortation, but a domain for bringing these truths to light and highlighting them
The Atom’s Structure in the Atlas
- Type of argument: Distinguishing
- Movement of the argument: It confines prophethood to the manifestation of objective truths connected to the Qur’an.
- Central terms: prophethood, the Qur’an, objective truths.
- Degree of centrality: Central.
This atom defines the domain of prophethood as the disclosure of truths rather than mere exhortation or detached legislation, thereby linking revelation to objective knowledge and giving the text an explanatory function within the overall structure.
Links to aid reading
- Muhammad Shahrur: The Book and the Qur’an
- The Sunna between messengerhood and prophethood
- Prophethood
- The Qur’an
- The Qur’an is guidance for all people
Grounding
- Supporting text: “Prophethood is related to the Qur’an and objective truths.”
Degree of Documentation
- Level: directly documented
- Meaning of the level: The atom is based on an explicit witness close to the wording of the claim.
- Limits of reading: The formulation above is an analytical summary and should not be treated as a verbatim quotation unless the witness is transmitted verbatim.
Its Function in the Book
Its function here is definitional; it establishes a meaning or conceptual distinction that Shahrur relies on in building the idea.
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Editorial note
The atom distinguishes between the function of clarification and the function of binding obligation.