This axis brings together 1 locus in which this verse is used in the books of Muhammad Shahrur, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the Verse as Cited
Then, when Our command came, We saved Salih and those who believed with him by a mercy from Us, and from the disgrace of that Day …
Reader’s Answer
Question
Where does Hud 66 appear, how does Shahrur distinguish between the divine command and the words, and what function does it serve in his argument?
The verse appears in Surat Hud (66) within Shahrur’s discussion of the destruction of ‘Ad, Thamud, and Midian. He makes it an example of how the operative divine decree is realized through “words,” which he interprets as existence and its objective laws, and through determinate matters and things.
Shahrur cites Hud 66 among a group of verses about the coming of the divine command in the context of the salvation of believers and the destruction of peoples, including Thamud. Shahrur interprets God’s “words” as existence and its objective laws, and maintains that the irrevocable divine decree is carried out only through determinate matters and things; he therefore links Hud 66 to his argument concerning the occurrence of the decree through objective laws.
Citation and Location
State and Society — p. 24.
Limits of the Reading
- The citation does not offer an independent linguistic analysis of the phrase “Our command came” in Hud 66; rather, it uses the verse as an example within a broader argument.
- The citation does not state that “the command” and “the words” are synonymous; rather, it links the execution of the decree to the words, which it interprets as objective laws.
- This passage does not establish details of the specific historical or scientific mechanisms of Thamud’s destruction.
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Brief Reading
Used alongside other verses to affirm that the execution of the divine command is associated with objective events in history.
Axes
- Methodological
- Political and social
Related Concepts
- Divine command: 2
- Objective events: 1
- History: 1
Its Place in the Conceptual Network
It connects the divine principle to the movement of history and events.
Role of the Verse in the Argument
- Example: 1
Usage Loci
- State and Society, p. 24: He uses it alongside other verses to affirm that the execution of the divine command is associated with objective events in history.
- Concept: divine command
- Function of the verse here: example
- Textual citation: “{Then, when Our command came, We saved Salih …} (Hud 66),”
Related Books
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