Established claim
Shahrur describes The Book and the Qur’an as comprising the rules of conscious human conduct, and distinguishes between what is lawful and unlawful and the forms of command and prohibition.
Limits of the reading
This witness does not establish a distinction between narratives and rulings, nor does it mention abrogation or apparent contradiction.
For connected reading: Muhammad Shahrur the Book and the Qur’an, The Book, the Qur’an, and the Mother of the Book, and the page The Qur’an and the Mother of the Book.