This axis brings together 1 instance 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

She said: “My Lord, how can I have a child when no human has touched me?…”

Brief reading

Shahrur makes it an example of how pregnancy requires fertilization, while distinguishing between the stage of fertilization and the stage of birth.

Axes

  • Faith
  • Linguistic and semantic
  • Fertilization: 2
  • Pregnancy: 1
  • Birth: 1

Its place in the network of concepts

It serves his elaboration of the stages of formation through textual indication.

The role of the verse in the argument

  • Example: 1

Instances of use

  • Islam and Faith, p. 180: He makes it an example of how pregnancy requires fertilization and uses it to distinguish between the stage of fertilization and the stage of birth.
    • Concept: fertilization
    • Function of the verse here: example
    • Textual evidence: «{She said: “My Lord, how can I have a child when no human has touched me?…“} (Āl ʿImrān 47).»

This page is presented within the general methodology of building the atlas.