This locus gathers 1 place of use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Verse text as cited
And they say, “When is it?” Say, “Perhaps it is near.”
Brief reading
The verse is used to show that nearness may indicate the nearness of the event’s occurrence, not spatial nearness.
Loci
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Nearness: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It serves to expand meaning according to the linguistic context.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 1
Places of use
- Towards a New Foundation for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 109: He employs it in the same context to show that nearness may mean the nearness of an event’s occurrence, not spatial nearness.
- Concept: nearness
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual witness: «– { وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَى هُوَ قُلْ عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ قَرِيبًا } (الإسراء ٥١).»
Related books
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