This axis gathers 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 as cited
And he cast down the tablets and seized his brother by the head, pulling him toward himself
Brief reading
He uses it as a narrative indication of the association of the Mosaic revelation with the physical, revealed tablets.
Axes
- Narrative and historical
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Tablets: 2
- Mosaic revelation: 1
- Material: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to the context of Moses and to the material signs of revelation.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 324: He uses it as a narrative indication of the association of the Mosaic revelation with the physical, revealed tablets.
- Concept: Tablets
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «And His saying {… وَأَلْقَى الْأَلْوَاحَ وَأَخَذَ بِرَأْسِ أَخِيهِ يَجُرُّهُ إِلَيْهِ} (al-A’raf 150).»
Related books
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