Intended Meaning
The Book here is not just a written text, but rather a set of objective conditions or subject matters relating to acts of worship and rulings. It is therefore understood as a disciplined framework that organizes these rulings and is not limited to writing itself.
The Atom’s Structure in the Atlas
- Type of argument: definitional
- Movement of the argument: it shifts the meaning of the Book from a written text to a structure of organizing subject matters and conditions.
- Key terms: the Book, objective conditions, rulings, structure.
- Degree of centrality: original.
This atom explains how Shahrur expands the meaning of the Book to include the governing structure of rulings, not merely its written substance. It is essential for understanding his way of linking text and practical organization.
Links That Help with Reading
Basis
- Supporting text: “The Book: a set of objective conditions or subject matters / acts of worship / rulings, not merely a written text.”
Degree of Documentation
- Level: directly documented
- Meaning of the level: the atom rests on an explicit witness close to the wording of the claim.
- Limits of reading: the formulation above is an analytical summary and should not be treated as a verbatim quotation unless the witness is quoted word for word.
Its Function in the Book
Its function here is definitional; it establishes a meaning or conceptual distinction on which Shahrur relies in building the idea.
Related To
Editorial Note
The analytical formulation explains the expansion of the meaning of the Book, while the witness remains the basis of documentation.