This locus gathers 1 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
مَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ … أَنْ يُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ …
Brief reading
The verse supports the idea that later revelation may come with rulings that are better or lighter than previous rulings.
Axes
- Legislative
- Linguistic and semantic
Associated concepts
- Better than it: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is connected to the sense of comparison in the formulation of the ruling.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 384: He relies on the phrase ‘min khayr’ to explain that the new revelation comes with rulings that are better or lighter than the previous ones.
- Concept: better than it
- The function of the verse here: support
- Textual evidence: «- {مَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ … أَنْ يُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ …} (البقرة ١٠٥).»
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