This axis brings together 1 place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the verse as cited
He said: Go down, some of you enemies to others. And for you on earth there will be a settling place and provision for a time.
Brief reading
Shahrur invokes it to affirm that life, death, and resurrection are recurring Sunnas on earth.
Axes
- Methodological
- Faith-based
Related concepts
- Life and death: 2
- Resurrection: 1
- Sunnas: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It supports the reading of Sunnas as a framework for understanding transformation and return.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Places of use
- The State and Society, p. 99: He uses it to affirm that life, death, and resurrection are cyclical Sunnas on earth.
- Concept: life and death
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual evidence: «as stated in His – تعالى – saying: {Go down … and from it you will be brought forth} (Al-A‘raf 24, 25)»
Related books
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