Thesis Summary
Shahrur affirms that the human being is the agent of history, and that history evolves through human action, not outside it. For him, the Qur’anic narratives reveal the laws governing this evolution and place the human being before responsibility for shaping destiny.
Foundational Atoms
- The narratives reveal the laws of history
- The human being is an actor in history
- The human being is the primary agent of history
- The human being emerged through evolutionary stages
Location of Support within the Book
This reading is based on the opening sections of the book, where Shahrur presents the becoming of the human being and the dynamism of history, and then returns to them in his explanation of the narratives.
Limits of the Reading
This summary adheres only to the material available and does not turn history, in his account, into a closed concept or a single one in all passages.