This axis gathers one 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 WE WOULD NOT PUNISH UNTIL WE HAD SENT A MESSENGER
Brief reading
The verse is invoked to support the condition of prior warning before punishment occurs.
Axes
- Narrative and historical
Related concepts
- Warning: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It operates within the network of Qur’anic narrative as a witness to the laws of warning.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- The Qur’anic Narrative, vol. 2, p. 52: He invokes it to say that the presence of a messenger or prior warners fulfills the condition of warning before punishment.
- Concept: warning
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual evidence: «Especially since God Almighty says {…وَمَا كُنَّا مُعَذِّبِينَ حَتَّى نَبْعَثَ رَسُولًا} (Al-Isra’ 15)»
Related books
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