This axis brings together 2 places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, connecting it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
And they ask you about the spirit. Say, “The spirit is of my Lord’s command, and you have not been given of knowledge except a little.”
Brief reading
The verse is made the basis for understanding the spirit as being from the command, not as the material secret of life.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
- Methodological
Related concepts
- The spirit is of the command: 2
- Seeking a ruling: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is also linked to the question of seeking a ruling in constructing the jurisprudential reading of the issue.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Foundational: 1
- Supportive: 1
Places of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 94: He builds on it in his interpretation of the spirit as being from the Lord’s command and not the material secret of life.
- Concept: The spirit is of the command
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual citation: «- {And they ask you about the spirit. Say, the spirit is of my Lord’s command…} (Al-Isra’ 85).»
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 210: He uses it together with the verse from Al-A‘raf to confirm that the opening of the verse of kalala with the question indicates a prior problem and a request for a legal opinion.
- Concept: Seeking a ruling
- Function of the verse here: Supportive
- Textual citation: «Just as His – تعالى – saying: { They ask you about the Hour } (Al-A‘raf 187) and { And they ask you about the spirit } (Al-Isra’ 85)»
Related books
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