This axis brings together 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 text as cited
That is better; that is among the signs of God, so that they may remember.
Brief reading
Shahrur cites the verse to argue that clothing is a meaning learned by human beings through imitation, and he rejects the literal reading that leads to contradiction.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Clothing: 3
Its place in the network of concepts
It is connected to defining the figurative sense of the term clothing within the reading methodology.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Support: 1
- Critique of tradition: 1
Pages in the atlas that refer to this verse
These links gather the pages that rely on the verse or make it part of the argument within the atlas.
Related structural theses
Places of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 269: Cited to argue that clothing was learned by human beings through imitation, not through direct revelation as a ready-made idea.
- Concept: clothing
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual evidence: “Here we notice how clothing was mentioned with … {That is better; that is among the signs of God, so that they may remember}”
- Toward a New Foundation for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 272: Used to argue that a literal reading of clothing leads to contradiction, so the figurative meaning of the term clothing is preferred.
- Concept: clothing
- Function of the verse here: critique of tradition
- Textual evidence: “Satan strips Adam and his wife of their clothing so that he may show them their private parts (according to al-A’raf 26)”
- Counter-traditional reading: understanding clothing in its material, literal sense
Related books
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