This locus 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 it is He who takes you back by night and knows what you have committed by day; then He raises you up in it so that a specified term may be fulfilled; then to Him is your return; then He will inform you of what you used to do
Brief reading
Through it, Shahrur brings the meaning of resurrection closer to the everyday experience of sleep, so that it becomes reality rather than imagination.
Axes
- Faith
- Narrative and historical
Associated concepts
- Resurrection: 2
- Sleep: 1
- Objective reality: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It enters the network of proving resurrection through analogy with a familiar, tangible experience.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- State and Society, p. 99: He brings the resurrection of the Day of Resurrection closer to the daily resurrection of sleep, in order to establish that it is an objective reality, not imagination.
- Concept: Resurrection
- The verse’s function here: Support
- Textual evidence: «as clarified by His saying – exalted be He –: {It is He who takes you back by night … then He raises you up in it}»
Related books
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