This axis gathers 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 as stated
وَكَتَبْنَا لَهُ فِي الْأَلْوَاحِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مَوْعِظَةً وَتَفْصِيلًا لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَخُذْهَا بِقُوَّةٍ وَأْمُرْ قَوْمَكَ يَأْخُذُوا بِأَحْسَنِهَا
Brief reading
For Shahrur, the verse indicates that what was given to Moses was formulated in written tablets, and that writing may combine multiple topics in a single text.
Axes
- Methodological
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Tablets: 2
- Exhortation: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It serves a detailed reading of the concept of the Book and the Tablets as a textual construction rather than oral instruction.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 2
Places of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 324: He uses it to argue that what was given to Moses was formulated in written tablets resembling the Furqan/Ten Commandments, not merely oral instruction.
- Concept: Tablets
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «هذا الوحي الصوتي جاء لموسى “صوتاً” ومنسوخاً كالوصايا العشر “الفرقان” بدلالة قوله تعالى {وَكَثَبْنَا لَهُ فِي الْأَلْوَاحِ…} (الأعراف ١٤٥)»
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 19: He uses it to argue that “We wrote” may mean compiling multiple topics into one text, not merely imposing an obligation.
- Concept: Exhortation
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{وَكَتَبْنَا لَهُ فِي الْأَلْوَاحِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مَوْعِظَةً وَتَفْصِيلًا لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ …} (الأعراف ١٤٥)»
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