Formulation of the claim
The Islamic vision makes God the criterion of meaning, and returns correct meanings and standards to His side through revelation.
Explanation
This statement means that the ultimate authority in constructing meaning is not independent of revelation, but is understood through the Qur’anic revelation and the values and limits it establishes. God thus becomes the principle by which correct meanings and standards are measured.
Its place in the book’s argument
This idea comes within an exposition showing how the Islamic vision looks at the foundation of meaning, not as a purely human product, but as something linked to revelation and to the source from which its signification proceeds.
What the atom does not say
It does not say that meaning is annulled in human experience, nor does it detach this vision from its broader religious context, nor does it present it as a final definition of every possible use of the concept of meaning.
Brief evidence passage
The correct meanings and standards come from God through revelation
It explains that the Islamic vision sees the correct meanings and standards as coming from God through