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Shattering the False Mountains: A Qur’anic Unmasking of Sacred Illusions
This work originates from a fundamental Qur’anic imperative: to reflect, to examine, and to take responsibility for understanding. Rather than approaching the Qur’an as a static repository of inherited interpretations, this study engages it as a self-consistent semantic system—one that repeatedly calls the reader to test assumptions, reassess certainty, and distinguish between truth and illusion.
The central problem addressed is not disbelief, but unexamined belief—belief transformed into rigid structures that claim sanctity while resisting coherence. These structures, termed false mountains, are not dismantled through confrontation, but through exposure of their internal contradictions.
Preface: To the Non-Muslim Reader
This book does not assume belief, nor does it seek to persuade through confession or authority. It addresses the Qur’an as a text of enduring intellectual and ethical significance, engaging it through analysis rather than devotion, and through method rather than proclamation.
The motivation behind this study is methodological rather than apologetic. It asks how the Qur’an constructs truth claims, how it evaluates belief, and how it connects understanding to ethical consequence. In doing so, it avoids assuming the correctness of later theological formulations and instead focuses on the internal logic of the text itself.
No prior belief in the Qur’an as revelation is required to engage this work. The arguments stand or fall on their internal coherence, textual grounding, and ethical intelligibility.
Methodological Framework
Deconstruction, Coherence, and Ethical Accountability in the Qur’anic Framework
This study approaches the Qur’an not as a closed corpus of inherited doctrines, but as a self-referential and internally coherent system of meaning that actively invites examination, critique, and ethical responsibility.
Deconstruction is identified as an intrinsic Qur’anic practice. The text repeatedly destabilizes inherited assumptions, not to generate skepticism, but to clear the ground for intelligible meaning. Deconstruction thus functions as a transitional phase—necessary for reconstruction rather than an end in itself.
The Abrahamic narrative is examined as a paradigmatic case of epistemic reconstruction. Abraham is presented not merely as a prophetic figure, but as a methodological model in which certainty is attained through questioning, testing, and reassembly.
Core Concepts
- False Mountains: Inherited certainties that resist scrutiny while claiming normative finality
- Deconstruction: Qur’anic practice of destabilizing assumptions to restore meaning
- Coherence: The final criterion by which truth is recognized and ethics sustained
- Khilāfah Revisited: Stewardship as ethical function rather than political authority
- Responsible Freedom: Liberation from illusion coupled with accountability to consequence
- Abrahamic Model: Epistemic reconstruction through questioning and reassembly
Table of Contents
Key Chapters Overview
- Chapter 1: The transition from inherited religion to Qur’anic consciousness
- Chapter 2: Analysis of false mountains as structures of unexamined certainty
- Chapter 4: The internal earthquake (Al-Zalzalah) as exposure of foundations
- Chapter 6: Abraham's model of fragmentation and reconstruction
- Chapter 7: Khilāfah reframed as ethical stewardship, not political authority
- Chapter 8: Judgment as structural necessity for moral coherence
- Chapter 9: The human being after deconstruction: responsible freedom
Final Vision
At the conclusion of this methodological inquiry, it becomes evident that the Qur’anic framework sustains truth, ethics, and responsibility without collapsing into dogma or relativism.
The human being that emerges after this process—after the collapse of false mountains—is neither nihilistic nor submissive. Rather, they embody responsible freedom: liberated from illusion, yet bound by consequence; open to revision, yet anchored in coherence.
What ultimately stands, after all false mountains collapse, is not certainty as possession, but coherence as responsibility. And within the Qur’anic worldview, coherence is the final criterion by which truth is recognized, ethics are sustained, and human dignity is preserved.
Who is this book for?
- Researchers in Qur’anic Studies: Interested in methodological approaches and contemporary interpretation
- Philosophers and ethicists: Exploring the intersection of revelation, reason, and ethics
- Critical thinkers: Questioning inherited certainties in religious and intellectual traditions
- Students of Islamic thought: Seeking fresh perspectives beyond traditional theological frameworks
- Non-Muslim readers: Interested in the Qur’an as an intellectual and ethical system
- Those concerned with religious reform: Looking for principled approaches to renewing religious discourse
Glossary Highlights
- Deconstruction (التفكيك): Qur’anic practice of examining inherited assumptions
- False Mountains (الجبال الضالة): Structures of inherited certainty that resist scrutiny
- Coherence (الانسجام): Internal consistency as criterion of truth
- Itmi’nān (اطمئنان): Cognitive tranquility after reconstruction
- Khilāfah (الخلافة): Ethical stewardship rather than political sovereignty
- Responsible Freedom: Liberation from illusion coupled with accountability