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
Have you not seen how God sets forth a parable: a good word is like a good tree, its root is firm and its branch is in the sky * it yields its fruit at every season by permission of its Lord
Brief reading
Shahrur takes the image of the tree with root and branch as a model of authenticity, understood as a living extension from origin to fruit.
Axes
- linguistic and semantic
- human and ethical
Related concepts
- authenticity: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
Authenticity links root and fruit in a clear semantic image.
The verse’s role in the argument
- example: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 25: He makes the image of the tree with the firm root and fruitful branch a model of authenticity as a living extension from roots to fruits.
- concept: authenticity
- the verse’s function here: example
- textual witness: «And this meaning we took from His saying تعالى {أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاءِ * تُؤْتِي أُكُلَهَا كُلَّ حِينٍ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهَا} (إبراهيم ٢٤-٢٥)»
Related books
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