Thesis Summary
Shahrur holds that time in the Qur’anic conception is not absolute, but is understood through the event. Time is a linking of time to an occurrence, the year is a relative measure, and the year is associated with the event in Qur’anic usage.
Foundational Atoms
- Time is the linking of time to an event
- The year is a relative temporal measure
- The year is associated with the event in Qur’anic usage
- Continuity within time is discontinuous and continuous
- Abiding belongs to God, not to time
Place of Support within the Book
This meaning is drawn from the passages in which Shahrur explains the concepts of continuity and time within the Book and the Qur’an, and links them to the context of the event and language.
Limits of the Reading
This reading is limited to relativity and linkage to the event as presented by the author, and does not extend it into an independent philosophy of time. It is a concise summary of the structure of meaning in the text.