It is the work through which Muhammad Shahrur’s theses are presented on distinguishing between the Book and the Qur’an, and between the Reminder and the Criterion, and on constructing a historical-linguistic method for understanding the text. In the source, it appears as the framework that brings together terminological theory, legislative limits, and the distinction between what is objective and what is human and relative.
For a deeper exploration, see the elements mentioned in the references section.
Referred to by
- The Mother of the Book is a universal cosmic source
- The Mother of the Book is legislation
- Tradition is human understanding
- The Book and the Qur’an rebuild religion on terminological precision, the historicity of understanding, and the limits of legislation
- The Book contains internal chapters
- Rejecting synonymy among the terms of revelation