What does Shahrur say?
This passage attributes to Shahrur a critique of turning circumstances of revelation into general legislative grounds.
Evidence: “He criticizes turning circumstances of revelation into general legislative grounds.”
Atlas explanation
The documented text distinguishes between circumstances of revelation as a subject of inquiry and treating them as general legislative grounds. This alone does not indicate a rejection of every use of context or of circumstances of revelation.
Limited conclusion
The statement can be read as a restriction on a specific kind of argument: moving from a circumstance of revelation to a general legislative generalization. But this describes the limit of the statement, not a full account of a method of interpretation or legislation.
What does the evidence not settle?
The evidence does not establish that the reason for rejection is the specificity of the historical circumstance, does not specify the conditions under which circumstances of revelation may be used acceptably, and does not explain the relation of this position to the generality of the text. This requires a longer passage or a raw excerpt from the book.
For reading in the context of the book: Muhammad Shahrur: Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, the contemporary reading method, and The verses of fighting and the Muhammadan narratives do not legitimate absolute violence.
The verses of fighting and the Muhammadan narratives do not legitimate absolute violence