This locus gathers 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

NO NEW REMINDER COMES TO THEM FROM THEIR LORD BUT THEY LISTEN TO IT AS THEY PLAY

Brief reading

Shahrur places it in the context of explaining that the dhikr came in a renewed linguistic form recited among people, not as the Qur’an itself in the sense of the text’s createdness.

Axes

  • Linguistic and semantic
  • Methodological
  • Createdness: 2
  • Dhikr: 1
  • Linguistic form: 1

Its place in the network of concepts

It is linked to his distinction between the dhikr and the Qur’an and to the linguistic reading of the meaning of muhdath.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 1

Occurrences of use

  • The Book and the Qur’an, p. 49: He uses the word “muhdath” as evidence that the dhikr is an innovative linguistic form recited among people, not that the Qur’an itself is created in the sense under dispute.
    • Concept: Createdness
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual witness: «{مَا يَأْتِيهِمْ مِنْ ذِكْرٍ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا اسْتَمَعُوهُ وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ} (الأنبياء ٢)»

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