What is meant
Shahrur sees equality between man and woman not as an incidental idea, but as an original purpose intended in the Qur’anic text For him, this purpose appears in inheritance rulings and in social and political rights
The atom’s structure in the atlas
- Type of argument: value-based
- Movement of the argument: Equality between man and woman is a Qur’anic purpose.
- Central terms: equality, man and woman, the Qur’anic text, rights.
- Degree of centrality: central.
It makes equality an intended value in the text and links it to the sphere of rights rather than to formal equality, thus granting it a normative place in the reading.
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Basis
- Supporting text: “Equality between man and woman is an intended original in the text, and appears in inheritance and in social and political rights.”
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 the reading: The wording above is an analytical summary and should not be treated as a verbatim quotation unless the witness is transmitted word for word.
Its function in the book
Its function here is declarative; it establishes a conclusion on which what follows in the course of the argument depends.
Editorial note
The atom places equality among the purposes, not among the customs.