What is meant
The author understands the words of God as objective existence and its laws in the universe and the human being Thus, knowledge of these words becomes knowledge of the system of reality itself
The atom’s structure in the atlas
- Type of argument: definitional
- Movement of the argument: The words of God are the laws of objective existence in the universe and the human being.
- Key terms: the words of God, laws of existence, the universe, the human being.
- Degree of centrality: central.
This atom links knowledge of the words of God to knowledge of the real system of existence. In this way, the phrase moves out of the sphere of exhortative reception into a legal understanding of the universe.
Links that help with reading
- Muhammad Shahrur Drying Up the Springs of Terrorism
- The Book, the Qur’an, and the Mother of the Book
- the human being
Basis
- Supporting text: “The words of God: objective existence and its laws in the universe and the human being.”
Place of basis in the book
- Book: Drying Up the Springs of Terrorism.
- Location: in the final section of the book
- Type of basis: close evidence.
- Verification marker: material existence and its laws
- Reading note: This location is suitable because it explicitly states that material existence and its laws are the words of God, which is the content of the atom.
Degree of documentation
- Level: directly documented
- Meaning of the level: the atom relies on an explicit witness close to the wording of the claim.
- Limits of the reading: the formulation above is an analytical summary, and should not be treated as a verbatim quotation unless the witness is quoted textually.
Editorial note
This atom serves the construction of Shahrur’s general epistemological conception.