This axis 1 brings together one place 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 those who do evil deeds, then repent after them and believe — indeed your Lord, after that, is surely Forgiving, Merciful.
Brief reading
It is cited to affirm that “after” indicates a subsequent ordering between sins and then repentance and faith.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
- Belief-related
Related concepts
- posteriority: 2
- after: 1
- sins: 1
- repentance: 1
- faith: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It serves to regulate temporal relations in the Qur’anic text.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 1
Places of use
- The Qur’anic Narrative, vol. 2, p. 128: cited to affirm that (after) indicates a subsequent ordering between sins and then repentance and faith.
- Concept: posteriority
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual evidence: “or governed by a preposition, as in His saying, exalted be He: {And those who do evil deeds, then repent after them…} (al-A‘raf: 153)”
Related books
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