Al-A'raf 53

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This hub gathers 4 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

{“When its interpretation comes to pass …“}

Brief reading

The verse makes full interpretation contingent on the time of its final realization, not on direct reading alone.

Hubs

  • Methodological
  • Faith-related
  • Interpretation: 3
  • Interpretation on the Day of Resurrection: 2
  • Final realization: 2

Its place in the conceptual network

It is linked to the idea that some meanings do not become clear except when they are realized.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 3
  • Foundational: 1

Places of use

  • The Book and the Qur’an, p. 172: He makes it evidence that the total interpretation of the Qur’an is not complete until the Day of Resurrection.
    • Concept: Interpretation on the Day of Resurrection
    • Function of the verse here: Foundational
    • Textual evidence: «{“When its interpretation comes to pass, those who had ignored it before will say: ‘The messengers of our Lord had indeed brought the truth.’”}»
  • The Book and the Qur’an, p. 179: He returns to the verse to affirm that unseen concepts become sensibly realized when interpretation is complete.
    • Concept: Final realization
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual evidence: «And when these terms enter the realm of the perceptible, His saying تعالى is realized: {.. “When its interpretation comes to pass …”}»
  • A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 42: He cites it to say that some verses of the Qur’an are not understood in their interpretation until their reality is realized or their time arrives.
    • Concept: Interpretation
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual evidence: «{ Do they await anything except its interpretation, on the Day its interpretation comes to pass … } (al-A’raf 53).»
  • A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 42: He uses it to establish that there are verses without elaboration whose interpretation is not known except at the proper time.
    • Concept: Interpretation
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual evidence: «Because the seven oft-repeated verses have no elaboration … as in His saying تعالى: { Do they await anything except its interpretation … } (al-A’raf 53).»

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