Intended Meaning
This passage affirms that the aim of revelation is not literary expression alone, but the transmission of new knowledge and the elevation of language so that it becomes a language of science. In this way, it links revelation to the development of human understanding in a manner that goes beyond poetry and rhetoric.
The Atom’s Structure in the Atlas
- Type of argument: Methodological
- Argument movement: The aim of revelation is to transmit knowledge and elevate language to the level of science.
- Key terms: the aim of revelation, new knowledge, language of science, poetry, rhetoric.
- Degree of centrality: Central.
This atom shifts the purpose from eloquence to knowledge and understands language as an instrument of science, not merely ornament. It grants reading an epistemic dimension that goes beyond literature to the construction of consciousness.
Links That Help with Reading
- Muhammad Shahrur, Umm al-Kitab and Its Elaboration
- The Book, the Qur’an, and the Mother of the Book
- The Qurayshi tongue and the unity of the text support a non-synonymous linguistic epistemic project
Basis
- Supporting text: “It affirms that the aim of revelation is to transmit new knowledge and raise the level of language so that it becomes a language of science, not merely a language of poetry and rhetoric.”
Degree of Documentation
- Level: Directly documented
- Meaning of the level: The atom relies on an explicit witness close to the wording of the claim.
- Limits of reading: The formulation above is an analytical summary, and is not treated as a verbatim quotation unless the witness is quoted textually.
Its Function in the Book
Its function here is argumentative; it supports a larger conclusion in the chapter or prepares the way for it.
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Editorial Note
It places the epistemic function above the literary function.