This locus gathers 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, connecting it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

The verse text as quoted

{How many a town We have shattered that was unjust … so their cry did not cease until We made them like a harvest, stilled and dead}

Brief reading

He reads it as a description of an unjust town whose human life ended in shattering and destruction.

Axes

  • Political and social
  • Human and ethical

Associated concepts

  • Injustice: 2
  • Shattering: 1
  • Destruction: 1

Its place in the conceptual network

It is linked to the consequence of injustice when it becomes firmly established in society.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 1

Instances of use

  • State and Society, p. 87: He reads it as a description of an unjust town whose human life ended in shattering and destruction.
    • Concept: injustice
    • Function of the verse here: support
    • Textual evidence: «- How many a town We have shattered that was unjust … so their cry did not cease until We made them like a harvest, stilled and dead} (Prophets 11-15)»

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