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the hadith literature seems to be every bit as constitutive of the Muslim worldview?

 
 
Reply Thu 6 Aug, 2015 08:09 am
Does "the hadith literature seems to be every bit as constitutive of the Muslim worldview" mean "every bit of the hadith literature seems to be the constitutive element of the Muslim worldview"?

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We might be tempted to accord great significance to the fact that the injunction does not appear in the Koran itself, but in practical terms the hadith literature seems to be every bit as constitutive of the Muslim worldview. Given the fact that the hadith is often used as the lens through which to interpret the Koran, many Muslim jurists consider it to be an even greater authority on the
practice of Islam. It is true that some liberal jurists require that the
apostate subsequently speak against Islam before sanctioning his
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Reply Thu 6 Aug, 2015 10:43 am
@oristarA,
No. "every bit" is being used as an intensifier.

Try reading it without the intensifier:

"the hadith literature seems to be as constitutive of the Muslim worldview (as the Koran itself)"
oristarA
 
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Reply Thu 6 Aug, 2015 10:58 am
@InfraBlue,
InfraBlue wrote:

No. "every bit" is being used as an intensifier.

Try reading it without the intensifier:

"the hadith literature seems to be as constitutive of the Muslim worldview (as the Koran itself)"


Thanks.
But I also failed to get the meaning of "as constitutive of." Would you like to rewrite it?
InfraBlue
 
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Reply Thu 6 Aug, 2015 04:36 pm
@oristarA,
"The hadith literature seems to be as essential to the Muslim worldview (as the Koran itself)."
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