Al-An'am 25

This locus gathers 1 instance of this verse’s use in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

Verse text as cited

… until, when they come to you disputing with you, those who disbelieve say, ‘This is nothing but tales of the ancients’

Shahrur reads it as a portrayal of disputation that turns into obstruction of the truth and denial of it.

It enters into distinguishing productive disputation from obstructive disputation.

The Book and the Qur’an, p. 277: He uses it to show that disputation here is obstruction of the truth and denial of it.
- Concept: disputation
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual citation: «- {… until, when they come to you disputing with you, those who disbelieve say, ‘This is nothing but tales of the ancients’} (Al-An’am 25).»

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