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The Expansion of Prophetic Experience
The revelation is understood as a prophetic experience that grew with the Prophet’s life and community, so that its historical form can be distinguished from its core.
Introduction
Published in 1999, the book develops Soroush’s view of revelation. Revelation is understood as the religious experience of the Prophet, which grew in the course of his life and in interaction with his community. The Qur’an therefore bears the marks of its historical setting, and its essential content can be distinguished from what is accidental to it. The book and the interviews in which Soroush later developed its ideas provoked sharp responses from leading clerics.
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- The Theoretical Contraction and Expansion of the Shariʿa1990 · Abdolkarim Soroush
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