This axis brings together 2 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
And it is forbidden to any town We have destroyed that they shall not return
Brief reading
The verse is understood as a statement that nations and civilizations come to a final, irreversible end.
Axes
- Narrative and historical
- Political and social
Related concepts
- destruction: 2
- extinction: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It establishes the meaning of destruction as a complete historical extinction.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
- Foundation: 1
Instances of use
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 291: He uses it to place the destruction of nations within the meaning of final, irreversible extinction.
- Concept: destruction
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual evidence: “Because of His — exalted is He — saying: {And it is forbidden to any town We have destroyed …} (Al-Anbiya 95).”
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 291: He makes it evidence that the destruction of civilizations and nations means their final disappearance with no return.
- Concept: extinction
- Function of the verse here: foundation
- Textual evidence: “And the destruction of nations and civilizations means their extinction without return, because of His — exalted is He — saying: {And it is forbidden to any town We have destroyed …} (Al-Anbiya 95).”
Related books
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