Thesis Summary
Shahrur holds that the concepts of honor, personal dignity, chivalry, and magnanimity are not derived from the referential framework of the Revelation, but from historical tribal customs. Therefore, they are not to be treated as terms that establish Qur’anic meaning.
Constituent Atoms
Place of Reliance within the Book
This idea appears in the discussion connected to women and the place of social customs in relation to the text.
Limits of the Reading
This is a judgment about the concept’s origin and referential basis, not about the moral value of the customs themselves. It concerns whether these terms are Qur’anic or historical.