This axis brings together one instance of 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
{And to Lot We gave judgment and knowledge, and We saved him from the town that was committing vile deeds. Indeed, they were a people of evil, defiantly disobedient.}
Brief reading
The verse appears in a narrative context that links the destruction of the people to the corruption of their conduct and deviation, and Lot’s salvation to a moral contrast.
Axes
- Narrative and historical
- Political and social
Related concepts
- Vile deeds: 2
- Destruction of the people: 1
- Lot’s salvation: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It is connected to a narrative reading that makes deviation a historical cause of destruction.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- The State and Society, p. 87: It is used to argue that the town’s singular deviant conduct is the reason for Lot’s salvation and the destruction of the people.
- Concept: vile deeds
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual evidence: «{And to Lot We gave judgment and knowledge, and We saved him from the town that was committing vile deeds}»
Related books
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