This locus gathers 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, connecting it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as quoted
{How many a town We have shattered that was unjust … so their cry did not cease until We made them like a harvest, stilled and dead}
Brief reading
He reads it as a description of an unjust town whose human life ended in shattering and destruction.
Axes
- Political and social
- Human and ethical
Associated concepts
- Injustice: 2
- Shattering: 1
- Destruction: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It is linked to the consequence of injustice when it becomes firmly established in society.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- State and Society, p. 87: He reads it as a description of an unjust town whose human life ended in shattering and destruction.
- Concept: injustice
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual evidence: «- How many a town We have shattered that was unjust … so their cry did not cease until We made them like a harvest, stilled and dead} (Prophets 11-15)»
Related books
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