This locus brings together 4 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the Verse as Cited
Because of their sins, they were drowned and made to enter a Fire…
Reader’s Answer
Question
How does Shahrur position Noah 25, what distinction does he derive from it, and what function does it serve in his argument?
Shahrur cites Noah 25 in the context of explaining that “wrongdoers” are those who commit a sin or misdeed with persistence and awareness, without repentance or reforming their conduct; he makes what befell Noah’s people an example of the recompense for this pattern of action after their obstinacy, denial, and persistent disputation.
Shahrur interprets the description “wrongdoers” as pertaining to committing a sin or misdeed with persistence and awareness, coupled with neither repentance nor reform of one’s conduct, and distinguishes it from the unintentional error that he discusses subsequently. He cites Noah 25 as an example of the recompense of wrongdoers, linking the verse to Noah’s people’s obstinacy, denial, and persistent disputation with him.
Citation and Location
Islam and Faith — p. 107.
Limits of the Reading
- The citation does not establish that Shahrur presents the verse as independent proof of “collective persistence”; what is established is that he applies it to Noah’s people in the context of their obstinacy and persistence.
- The citation does not state that “sins,” “offences,” and “misdeeds” are synonymous, nor that they are not synonymous; rather, it uses them in explaining the distinction between deliberate, persistent action and unintentional error.
- The citation does not elaborate the meaning of all the verse’s terms or provide a general interpretation of Noah’s story.
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Brief Reading
Shahrur uses the verse as an example that collective persistence in error leads to torment and punishment.
Axes
- Narrative and historical
- Human and ethical
- Linguistic and semantic
Related Concepts
- Obstinacy: 2
- Collective sin: 2
- Sin and punishment: 2
- Grammatical addition: 2
Its Place in the Conceptual Network
It forms part of a network linking accumulated sin to its historical consequence.
Role of the Verse in the Argument
- Example: 2
- Support: 2
Instances of Use
- Islam and the Human Being: He uses it as an example that persistence in sin leads to punishment.
- Concept: obstinacy
- Function of the verse here: example
- Textual citation: “Such was the case of Noah’s people when they stubbornly opposed him, denied him, and persistently disputed with him: { Because of their sins, they were drowned and made to enter a Fire… } (Noah 25).”
- Islam and the Human Being: He invokes it to affirm that collective persistence in transgression turns an offence into a sin warranting punishment.
- Concept: collective sin
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual citation: “Such was the case of Noah’s people when they stubbornly opposed him, denied him, and persistently disputed with him: { Because of their sins, they were drowned and made to enter a Fire… } (Noah 25).”
- Islam and Faith, p. 107: He cites it as evidence that accumulated sin leads to destruction and punishment.
- Concept: sin and punishment
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual citation: “{ Because of their sins, they were drowned and made to enter a Fire… } (Noah 25).”
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 76: He cites it as an example of the position of the prepositional phrase in the grammatical analysis through which he discusses the notion of addition.
- Concept: grammatical addition
- Function of the verse here: example
- Textual citation: “As in His—Exalted be He—saying: { Because of their sins, they were drowned } (Noah 25).”
Related Books
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