This axis gathers 1 locus of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
AND SAY TO THOSE WHO WERE GIVEN THE BOOK AND THE UNLETTERED
Brief reading
Shahrur uses it to argue that the unlettered are a category opposed to those who were given the Book, that is, outside Judaism and Christianity.
Axes
- Political and social
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- The unlettered: 2
- People of the Book: 1
- Judaism: 1
- Christianity: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It serves to draw the terminological boundaries between religious groups.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Locations of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 124: used to argue that the unlettered are a category opposed to those who were given the Book, that is, outside Judaism and Christianity.
- Concept: The unlettered
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «by virtue of the phrase {وَقُلْ لِلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَالْأُمِّيِّينَ}»
Related books
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