Summary of the Thesis
This view holds that permanence pertains to the text, while movement pertains to understanding and meaning; thus the Qur’an remains valid across time without its text changing.
Foundational Atoms
- The Qur’an as the laws of objective existence
- The Mother of the Book as directives for human conduct
- Decree as objective existence
- Judgment as a conscious human act
Place of Reliance within the Book
This reading rests on the final section of the book in its division of the domains of the Qur’an and the Mother of the Book, and on the middle section in its definition of decree and judgment.
Limits of the Reading
What is meant here is the distinction between the permanence of wording and the movement of understanding, not the claim that the text itself changes. These are the limits of the reading adopted here.