Evidence location: Muhammad Shahrur, The Mother of the Book and Its Elaboration; Page 83؛ OCR line 1049. Arabic source witness: «ليس بلاغياً فقط، كما يظن أغلب الباحثين، رغم ما في أسلوب التنزيل من جماليات، وإنما أن تأتيه متطورةً على مستوى المنهج الفكري»
What Does the Evidence Establish?
The available evidence presents a thesis that does not confine the effect of the Wise Revelation to rhetoric; rather, it attributes to it a “cognitive and methodological” development alongside rhetorical development. The record links this effect to the new knowledge borne by the Revelation, which surpassed the prevailing level of language.
Limits of the Claim
The evidence does not clarify what cognitive or methodological development means in practical terms, nor does it explain how Arabic thereby becomes an instrument for scientific understanding. Moreover, the raw text and the detailed locus are unavailable in the evidence data; therefore, the statement should not be treated as a direct quotation from Shahrur outside the recorded evidence text.