The Unifying Idea
This axis brings together the structure of revelation and the dynamism of understanding, along with a critique of rigid reading that produces violence. The flaw lies not in the text, but in conflating the immutable with the historical.
The Theses Included in the Axis
- Terrorism is the product of a rigid historical reading
- The Book, the decisive, and the obligation define the structure of revelation
- The Qur’an is the only revelation and is understood within the fixity of the text and the dynamism of understanding
- Fixed revelation produces fixed rulings and ijtihad-based elaboration
The Axis’s Support from the Atoms
- The Book is not the Qur’an in its signification
- The decisive verses represent the Mother of the Book
- The Qur’an is the only revelation
- The fixity of the text and the dynamism of understanding
- The message is the domain of fixed rulings
- Elaboration is the domain of human ijtihad
Method of Reading
Read the axis as a defense of the text while opening the door to understanding. The fixity of revelation does not produce rigidity; rather, it leaves room for human elaboration without compromising the original foundation.