This locus brings together 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 text as it appears
EIGHT PAIRS… AND OF THE CAMELS TWO, AND OF THE CATTLE TWO
Brief reading
Shahrur takes it as an example that duality here is natural, not contractual, by interpreting “eight pairs” as males and females.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
- Narrative and historical
Related concepts
- Feminine and masculine: 2
- Natural duality: 1
Its position in the conceptual network
It is tied to determining meaning from within the linguistic structure of the verse.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 1
Places of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 198: He interprets “eight pairs” as four males and four females, to affirm that duality here is natural, not contractual.
- Concept: feminine and masculine
- Function of the verse here: example
- Textual evidence: “When he said ‘eight pairs,’ it became clear that they consist of four males and four females”
Related books
This page is presented within the general methodology of atlas construction.