Meaning
The witness defines “the permanent” as that which combines the meanings of discontinuity and continuity, qualified as occurring “within the axis of time.”
Shahrur’s Text
“The permanent: that which carries the meaning of discontinuity and continuity within the axis of time.”
Limits of the Reading
The available witness does not explain how discontinuity and continuity come together, nor does it clarify the implications of this definition for a broader conception of time. Therefore, this page does not infer a claim about relative stability or about permanence being within time as opposed to what lies outside it.
Links That Help with Reading
- Muhammad Shahrur the Book and the Qur’an
- History, Evolution, and Laws
- Time in the Qur’anic conception is relative and bound to the event
Time in the Qur’anic conception is relative and bound to the event