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 it appears
And how many a town We have shattered that was unjust, and We brought forth after it another people. Then, when they perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it. Do not flee, but return to what you were given luxury in and to your dwellings, so that you may be questioned.
Brief reading
He cites it to show that in the unjust town an affluent class emerges that manufactures deviant behavior, then faces shattering when punishment comes.
Axes
- Narrative and historical
- Political and social
Related concepts
- the unjust town: 2
- the affluent class: 1
- punishment: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It enters into the depiction of society when its internal balance is disturbed.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Example: 1
Locations of use
- State and Society, p. 113: He cites it to show that the unjust town is one in which an affluent class is nourished, producing deviant behavior and then facing shattering and flight when punishment comes.
- Concept: the unjust town
- Function of the verse here: example
- Textual citation: “Beginning with His saying – تعالى –: {وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةً … وَارْجِعُوا إِلَى مَا أُتْرِفْتُمْ فِيهِ} (Al-Anbiya 11–13)“
Related books
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