This axis brings together 4 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 quoted
{And remember the brother of `Ad, when he warned his people in al-Ahqaf, while warnings had already passed before him and behind him}
Brief reading
The verse is used to introduce Hud into the historical sequence of warnings and to connect him to the homeland of `Ad and its context.
Axes
- Narrative and historical
- Methodological
- Faith-based
Related concepts
- Warning: 3
- Homeland of `Ad: 2
- Warnings: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to the narrative of warning in the Qur’anic historical account.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 3
- Context: 1
Places of use
- State and Society, p. 45: Cited to place Hud within the historical chain of warnings accompanying the development of religious consciousness.
- Concept: Warning
- Function of the verse here: Context
- Textual evidence: «And in the time of Hud, he said: {And remember the brother of `Ad, when he warned his people in al-Ahqaf, while warnings had already passed before him and behind him} (Al-Ahqaf 21).»
- The Qur’anic Narrative vol. 2, p. 10: Employed to establish the continuity of warnings in the chain of prophets from Hud to Abraham, Lot, and Salih.
- Concept: Warning
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{And remember the brother of `Ad, when he warned his people in al-Ahqaf, and warnings…} (Al-Ahqaf 21)»
- The Qur’anic Narrative vol. 2, p. 52: Used to infer the geographical location of `Ad in al-Ahqaf in southern Arabia.
- Concept: Homeland of `Ad
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «As indicated by the Almighty’s saying: {And remember the brother of `Ad, when he warned his people in al-Ahqaf…} (Al-Ahqaf 21).»
- The Qur’anic Narrative vol. 2, p. 53: Employed to establish that Hud was part of a context of warnings that preceded the people of `Ad or surrounded them.
- Concept: Warnings
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «4 - {And remember the brother of `Ad, when he warned his people in al-Ahqaf, while warnings had already passed before him and behind him…} (Al-Ahqaf 21).»
Related books
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