This axis brings together 2 places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
{ … qāla āyatuka allā tus’allima al-nāsa thalātha ayyām illā ramzan… }
Brief reading
The verse comes as an example of the lowest levels of conveyance, in contrast to what he sees as the elevation of Qur’anic expression.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Indication: 3
Its place in the network of concepts
It serves a semantic ladder that begins with indication and ends with the highest levels of expression.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 2
Places of use
- A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 35: He cites it as an example of the lowest levels of conveyance, in order to reach the conclusion that Qur’anic eloquence is a higher level in conveying meaning.
- Concept: indication
- Function of the verse here: example
- Textual citation: «{ … qāla āyatuka allā tus’allima al-nāsa thalātha ayyām illā ramzan… } (Al Imran 41).»
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 121: He cites it as an example of the lowest levels of eloquence, namely the language of indication.
- Concept: indication
- Function of the verse here: example
- Textual citation: «{ qāla āyatuka allā tussallima al-nāsa thalātha ayyām illā ramzan } (Al Imran 41),»
Related books
- A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence
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