Thesis Summary
This page holds that the Qur’an is the only authoritative revelation, and that its text is fixed, while its understanding remains dynamic, changing with knowledge and reality. In this way, the sanctity of the text is not equated with the rigidity of interpretation.
Related Verses
Foundational Atoms
Place of Support within the Book
This meaning appears in the final section of the book, in the critique of exalting books of transmitted reports, and in the affirmation of the constancy of the revelation and the dynamism of understanding.
Limits of the Reading
This summary confines the supreme reference to the Qur’an as formulated by the atoms, and does not extend to negating all heritage, but rather to arranging its levels.