Edwin Setiadi

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This does not mean that there are no boundaries to interpretation or that no interpretation is wrong. But those boundaries are set by the community reading the text, not by something intrinsic in the text or by the fact of the text itself. The allowable distance between what appears to be the literal meaning of the text and its outer limit of interpretation is determined by the charity extended to it.
Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenge and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet's Legacy
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