This axis gathers 1 instance of the use of this verse in the books of Muhammad Shahrur, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
Does the people of the villages feel secure that Our might will not come upon them by night while they are asleep?
Brief reading
He interprets the villages here as unitary communities that reject plurality, not merely as geographic hamlets.
Axes
- Political and social
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- villages: 2
- communities: 1
- plurality: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It shifts the meaning of villages from place to social structure.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- Towards a New Foundations of Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 129: He interprets the villages here as unitary communities that reject plurality, not merely as geographic hamlets.
- Concept: villages
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: «{ Does the people of the villages feel secure that Our might will not come upon them by night while they are asleep? } (Al-A‘raf 97),»
Related books
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