What Does the Claim Mean Here?
The available wording does not deny that legislative change occurred; rather, it rejects limiting the meaning of abrogation to merely erasing the previous text. It presents more than one aspect of abrogation: cancellation, substitution, or legislative development.
What Is Attributed to Shahrur
The material attributes to Shahrur the view that abrogation in the Qur’an may sometimes mean cancellation, and may sometimes mean substitution or legislative development, rather than merely erasing the previous text. This is the extent supported by the available evidence, which is paraphrased evidence requiring review.
Atlas Explanation
This wording suggests that the term abrogation, in the presentation attributed to Shahrur, is broader than cancellation alone. The current material does not specify a detailed criterion for determining when abrogation is cancellation and when it is substitution or legislative development.
Synthetic Conclusion
It may be said, with qualification, that this atom presents abrogation as relating to legislative change in multiple forms, rather than to the invalidation of the text alone. The current evidence establishes no more than this.
Open Question and Limits of the Evidence
Which verses or examples does Shahrur apply this distinction to? And what are the limits of its relation to the term “the abrogating and the abrogated”? The evidence presented does not answer these questions, nor does it include a verbatim quotation from the episode. It is necessary to consult الحلقة الثانية and the related book paths: The Book and the Qur’an, The Mother of the Book and Its Elaboration, and Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation.