Al-An'am 67

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This axis brings together 3 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 as quoted

{FOR EVERY REPORT THERE IS A SETTLED TIME, AND YOU WILL COME TO KNOW}

Brief reading

The verse is used to support the idea that a report is disclosed over time and that understanding the text is not confined to a single moment.

Axes

  • Methodological
  • Linguistic and semantic
  • Stability of the report: 2
  • Limits of understanding: 2
  • The report: 2

Its place in the conceptual network

It enters into the network of gradual reading of meaning and linking knowledge to the reader’s development.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 3

Instances of use

  • The Book and the Qur’an, p. 164: He employs it to affirm that every report has an epistemic outcome that will be known with time.
    • Concept: Stability of the report
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual evidence: «{لَكُلِّ نَبَإٍ مُسْتَقَرٍّ وَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ}»
  • Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 253: He cites it to indicate that understanding of the text changes as the reader develops, and that no one possesses absolute understanding of the Book.
    • Concept: Limits of understanding
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual evidence: «According to the saying of God—Exalted be He—: {FOR EVERY REPORT THERE IS A SETTLED TIME, AND YOU WILL COME TO KNOW} (Al-An’am 67)»
  • A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 18: He uses it as evidence that no one claims to encompass the meanings of the text in full, and that knowledge is disclosed historically as the reader develops.
    • Concept: The report
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual evidence: «{FOR EVERY REPORT THERE IS A SETTLED TIME, AND YOU WILL COME TO KNOW} (Al-An’am 67).»

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