The Mushaf Is the Complete Written Revelation
Editorial verification status: This claim atom is extracted from an explanatory audiovisual source and has now been linked to the closest books within the Shahrur project at the book level. For precise academic citation, consult the original book and the original episode together.
Formulation of the claim
Shahrur holds that the mushaf is the totality of the Wise Revelation written in the form of collected folios.
Explanation
He explains that the mushaf is not an incidental term, but a name for the written whole in which the texts were gathered. He points out that the historical mushaf was associated with compilation and recording on sheets. In this way, he distinguishes between “the Book” as a broader semantic concept and “the mushaf” as the textual form of the text. He considers the mushaf to comprise the entirety of the revelation.
Its place in the episode’s argument
This helps define the difference between the text as revelation/concept and the text as something recorded between the covers of a mushaf.
Scope of the claim
It does not say that the mushaf is all the semantic dimensions of the revelation, but rather its comprehensive written form.
Brief witness
“The mushaf is the complete Wise Revelation.”
Related links
- Shahrur - the Qur’an
- Book The Book and the Qur’an
- Book A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation