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.
Text of the verse as quoted
We have certainly created for Hell many of the jinn and humankind. They have hearts with which they do not understand, and …
Brief reading
He cites it to distinguish between the functions of reason and understanding in the heart, and makes the heart the center of cognition.
Axes
- Faith-related
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Inward understanding: 2
- Reason: 1
- Heart: 1
- Cognition: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It serves his distinction between the functions of knowledge and its locus.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Distinction: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 231: He cites it to distinguish between the functions of reason and inward understanding in the heart, and makes the heart a center of cognition rather than merely a bodily organ.
- Concept: inward understanding
- The verse’s function here: distinction
- Textual evidence: «In the verses of Hajj and al-A’raf … “they have hearts with which they do not understand” … the heart is an organ and understanding is a function of the heart»
Related books
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