Intended meaning
Procession here is the movement of time connected to matter, that is, the ongoing transformation in existence. It is not stillness, but a continuous movement that explains the change occurring in things.
The atom’s structure in the atlas
- Type of argument: definitional
- Movement of the argument: it defines procession as the movement of time connected to matter.
- Key terms: procession, movement of time, matter.
- Degree of centrality: pivotal.
It presents a concept that explains change as continuous movement, and makes time an element in understanding transformation, not merely a fixed external framework.
Links that help with reading
- Muhammad Shahrur Toward New Principles for Islamic Jurisprudence
- History, Development, and Sunan
- Procession
- Existence can only be understood through the interdependence of being, procession, and becoming
Basis
- Supporting text: «Procession: the movement of time connected to matter, that is, the ongoing transformation in existence».
Location of the basis in the book
- Book: Toward New Principles for Islamic Jurisprudence.
- Location: in the early part of the book, within the first chapter and the definition of the basic verbs.
- Type of basis: close supporting testimony.
- Marker that helps verification: the movement of the passage of time
- Reading note: this passage is suitable as evidence because it defines procession as the movement of the passage of time.
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 reading: the formulation above is an analytical summary, and should not be treated as a verbatim quotation unless the witness is quoted verbatim.
Function in the book
Its function here is definitional; it fixes a meaning or conceptual distinction that Shahrur relies on in building the idea.
Related to
Editorial note
The atom explains movement as the origin of change.