This axis collects 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 text as quoted
{And how many a town We have destroyed, and Our might came upon them by night or while they were taking their midday rest.}
Brief reading
It is cited to prove that the destruction of towns comes after admonition and denial.
Axes
- Narrative and historical
- Political and social
Associated concepts
- destruction: 2
- towns: 1
- admonition: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It is connected to the sequence of admonition and then destruction in the stories of the towns.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- The State and Society, p. 84: cited to prove that towns are destroyed by direct divine intervention after the stage of admonition and denial.
- concept: destruction
- function of the verse here: support
- textual evidence: «- {And how many a town We have destroyed, and Our might came upon them by night or while they were taking their midday rest.} (al-A‘rāf 4)»
Related books
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