Prohibition in Islam → Limited

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Intended Meaning

What is meant is that the prohibitions in the Wise Revelation came in the form of definitive and specified rulings that cannot be expanded without limit. The domain of prohibition in Islam is therefore not open to independent legislative reasoning; rather, it is limited to what revelation explicitly stipulates.

Structure of the Atom in the Atlas

  • Type of argument: legislative
  • Movement of the argument: restricts prohibition to what revelation has conveyed
  • Central terms: prohibition, the Wise Revelation, definitive rulings, limited.
  • Degree of centrality: pivotal.

This atom frames the domain of prohibition as closed and delimited by the texts of revelation, rather than as an open field for independent expansion. Its place within the atlas is to establish legislative boundaries and prevent their transgression.

Basis

  • Supporting text: “The prohibitions of the Wise Revelation, as definitive and limited rulings.”

Location of the Basis in the Book

  • Book: The Mother of the Book and Its Elaboration.
  • Location: at the beginning of the book
  • Type of basis: closely related textual evidence.
  • Verification aid: the part not subject to independent reasoning
  • Reading note: the passage explicitly states that prohibitions are the part not subject to independent reasoning, which accords with the atom in limiting prohibition.

Degree of Documentation

  • Level: directly documented
  • Meaning of the level: the atom rests on an explicit passage close to the wording of the claim.
  • Limits of reading: the wording above is an analytical summary and should not be treated as a verbatim quotation unless the passage is cited textually.

Function in the Book

Its function here is declarative: it establishes a conclusion on which the subsequent course of the argument depends.

Note to the Reader

The point here is the restriction of the source, not the expansion of independent reasoning.

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