A Ramadan program presented by Muhammad Shahrur in 2017 in 30 episodes. The atlas presents it as a clarifying audio-visual series, not as one of Shahrur’s books. Its value lies in the fact that it presents the project in a dialogical language addressed to a general audience, then opens a path to the books, concepts, and atoms.

This page is an analytical reference for the program, not a republication of the episodes. The atlas does not publish the full transcripts or audio files, and all rights are reserved to their owners.

The presentation decision within the atlas

  • The books remain the central text of Shahrur’s thought.
  • The Great Announcement is read as a medium for popular and applied explanation.
  • The episode is the basic unit of presentation, not the chapter.
  • Any atom associated with the program needs to be linked to a book or concept whenever possible.

Layers of reading

The episodes

EpisodeEpisode pageAtoms
1Criteria of reading: universality, mercy, finality, and the negation of synonymy12
2Rhetoric, abrogation, the announcement, and the report in the Revelation14
3The Qur’an and the Book: prophethood and cosmic and historical laws12
4The Book, the Mother of the Book, the clear and the ambiguous13
5The Reminder, the positions of the stars, and the meaning of miracle13
6The seven oft-repeated verses, sending down, and revelation13
7Theory of knowledge: existence, truth, and the words of God13
8The senses, the inner faculty, the heart, predestination, and decree13
9Sending down and revelation and their effect on predestination and decree13
10Provision and lifespans: the Book and laws, not individual designation13
11Plurality and difference as evidence of God’s oneness14
12The Merciful, the Compassionate, Surah al-Tawbah, and the destruction of towns14
13Islam, faith, Muslims, and criminals12
14Religion, creed, and rituals in the Muhammadan message12
15Disbelief and polytheism: declaration and practical stance12
16Polytheism as fixation, and sin as lagging behind13
17The clear and the ambiguous, and the beginning of liberating the concept of the prohibited13
18The prohibited, prohibitions, food, and the limits of legislative authority11
19Diversion, boasting, wealth, and children13
20The arts, custom, and the limits of the lawful and the prohibited13
21The nation-state: from village to city and pluralism12
22Sovereignty, creeds, and the right to religious existence13
23The verses of fighting: the state, defense, and freedom of choice13
24The model of the city, Banu Qurayza, and the application of the law to its people12
25Paradise, Hell, requital, and an introduction to bequest and inheritance13
26Bequest before inheritance: particular justice and general justice12
27Inheritance: those mentioned, shares, and cases of equality13
28The solemn covenant, divorce, and the accumulation of family legislation12
29Guardianship, marital discord, and the relationship between men and women12
30Adoption, lineage, parents, fathers, and the program’s conclusion13

The program’s relation to the books

The program does not compete with Shahrur’s books, nor does it replace them. Its function within the atlas is to explain, simplify, and present dialogical applications of ideas that appear in greater detail in the books. Therefore, each episode is treated as an entry point, then linked to the books, concepts, and graphical representation.