This axis gathers 1 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 text as cited
AND THE TRUE PROMISE DREW NEAR
Brief reading
The verse appears among Shahrur’s evidentiary examples for the meaning of temporal or future proximity when the promise draws near to fulfillment.
Axes
- Methodological
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Proximity: 2
- Temporal proximity: 1
- Fulfillment of the promise: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It serves to determine the temporal meaning of the term proximity.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 1
Instances of use
- Toward a New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 109: He uses it among the evidentiary examples of temporal or future proximity that draws near with the fulfillment of the promise.
- Concept: Proximity
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual evidence: «– { وَاقْتَرَبَ الْوَعْدُ الْحَقُّ فَإِذَا هِيَ شَاخِصَةٌ أَبْصَارُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا } (Al-Anbiya 97).»
Related books
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