This axis brings together one locus for the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse as cited
Indeed, this is in the former scrolls. The Scrolls of Abraham and Moses
Brief reading
He employs it to point to the existence of prior knowledge and stories in the Scrolls of Abraham and Moses that were absent from the Arab illiterate culture.
Axes
- Narrative and historical
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Previous scrolls: 2
- Abraham: 1
- Moses: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It connects prior memory and Qur’anic reception.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- The Qur’anic Stories vol. 1, p. 25: He uses it to say that the revelation mentions the existence of prior knowledge and stories in the Scrolls of Abraham and Moses that were absent from Arab illiterate culture.
- Concept: previous scrolls
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual evidence: «إِنَّ هَذَا لَفِي الصَّحْفِ الْأُولَى (١٨) صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَى} (Surat al-A‘lā 18–19).»
Related books
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