This locus brings together 1 instance of the use of this verse in the books of Muhammad Shahrur, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the verse as cited
“O my people, this worldly life is but enjoyment, whereas the Hereafter is truly the abode of settlement.”
Reader’s response
Question
How does Shahrur employ Ghafir 39, and what does “the abode of settlement” mean in his argument?
Shahrur employs the verse to designate the Hereafter as “the abode of settlement,” understood as a new material existence in which, according to his presentation, the movement of evolution and the law of the perishing of things come to an end, and immortality takes hold. The function of the verse is to support this distinction between this world and the Hereafter within his conception of the laws of existence.
Shahrur explains the description of the Hereafter as “the abode of settlement” through the cessation of evolution and the law that “everything perishes,” and through the advent of immortality in the new existence he envisages for the Hereafter; he cites Ghafir 39 to name this condition.
Citation and location
The Book and the Qur’an — p. 207.
Limits of the reading
- The citation establishes this use within the context of Shahrur’s conception of the Hereafter and new existence, but it does not provide an independent linguistic analysis of the verse’s terms here.
- The citation does not establish that the verse alone determines all the details of Shahrur’s conception of the laws of matter or eschatological existence.
- No synonymous or terminological relationship with other terms should be inferred from the occurrence of “settlement” unless another citation explicitly states it.
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Brief reading
He relies on it to affirm that the Hereafter is the abode of settlement and final stability after transformation in this universe has ceased.
Axes
- Faith-based
- Narrative and historical
Related concepts
- Abode of settlement: 2
- Hereafter: 1
- Final stability: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It supports the conception of a fixed end in contrast to the movement of worldly life.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 207: He makes the verse evidence that the Hereafter is a stage of final stability after the law of evolution in this universe has ceased.
- Concept: abode of settlement
- The verse’s function here: support
- Textual citation: “Thus He called the Hereafter the abode of settlement in His saying, exalted be He: {O my people, this worldly life is but enjoyment, whereas the Hereafter is truly the abode of settlement} (Ghafir 39).”
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