This axis brings together one place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

The verse as cited

And it is He who sends the winds as glad tidings before His mercy

Brief reading

He mentions it as an example in discussing differences in readings and the possibility that some of them are scribal corruptions that do not change the essential meaning.

Axes

  • Linguistic and semantic
  • Methodological
  • Readings: 2
  • Scribal corruption: 1
  • Difference in meaning: 1

Its place in the network of concepts

It enters into the network of inquiry into textual differences and their effect on meaning.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Example: 1

Places of use

  • Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 83: He cites it as an example within the discussion of differences in readings and the possibility that some of them are scribal corruptions or differences that do not change the essential meaning.
    • Concept: Readings
    • Function of the verse here: Example
    • Textual citation: «In examples 13 and 17, he says—Exalted is He—: { وَهُوَ الَّذِي يُرْسِلُ الرِّيَاحَ بُشْرًا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَحْمَتِهِ }»
    • Corresponding traditional reading: the reading of الرياح / الريح among the readers

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