This locus 1 gathers a single instance of this verse’s use in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
Then, when the night covered him
Brief reading
Shahrur uses it to explain the meaning of paradise as a veil or covering before moving on to the Paradise of the Hereafter.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Paradise/veil: 1
- Paradise: 1
- Veil: 1
- Covering: 1
- Paradise of the Hereafter: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It enters into the construction of meaning through the linguistic origin before the eschatological meaning.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Usage instances
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 207: He relies on this linguistic usage to explain the meaning of paradise as a covering or veil before moving on to the Paradise of the Hereafter.
- Concept: Paradise/veil
- Role of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: «The word janna in Arabic, from “j n n,” means covering and veiling, as in His saying تعالى {فَلَمَّا جَنَّ عَلَيْهِ اللَّيْلُ…} (al-An’am 76)»
Related books
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