This axis brings together 1 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 cited
AND THIS IS A BOOK WHICH WE HAVE SENT DOWN, BLESSED, CONFIRMING WHAT IS BEFORE IT …
Brief reading
Shahrur links the descent of the Book to the message of warning directed to Umm al-Qura and its surroundings, within the transition from villages to the city.
Axes
- Political and social
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Messengerly warning: 2
- Umm al-Qura: 1
- Villages: 1
- The city: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It enters into a historical-social reading of the course of the message and its initial sphere.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Places of use
- State and Society, p. 136: He uses it to link the descent of the Book to the message of warning to Umm al-Qura and its surroundings, within his transition from villages to the city.
- Concept: Messengerly warning
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «as stated in His – تعالى – saying: {وَهَذَا كِتَابٌ أَنزَلْنَاهُ مُبَارَكٌ …} (al-An’am 92), for this verse tells us that the Messenger (pbuh) was sent to warn Umm al-Qura»
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