This axis 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 as cited
ORIGINATOR of the heavens and the earth
Brief reading
The verse is used to distinguish between creation and origination, as origination indicates the absence of any prior existence for the first created being.
Axes
- Methodological
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Origination: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It serves to regulate the basic concepts in the reading.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Distinction: 1
Places of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 202: He uses it to distinguish between creation and origination, and makes origination indicate the absence of any prior existence for the first created being.
- Concept: Origination
- Function of the verse here: Distinction
- Textual evidence: «- {ORIGINATOR of the heavens and the earth} (al-Baqarah 117).»
Related books
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