This axis brings together 2 places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as given
The month of Ramadan in which the Qur’an was sent down, as guidance for the people, and clear proofs of guidance and the criterion…
Brief reading
Shahrur uses it to argue that the Qur’an is guidance for all people, and he reads the shahāda in it as the presence and sighting of the month.
Axes
- Faith-based
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- The Qur’an: 2
- Present witnessing: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It enters into the network of distinction between the Qur’an’s general signification and the meaning of present witnessing.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
- Foundation: 1
Pages in the atlas that refer to this verse
These links gather the pages that rely on the verse or make it part of the argument within the atlas.
Related structural theses
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 45: It is used to argue that the Qur’an is guidance for people in general, not only for the God-fearing, and thus it is distinguished from the Book.
- Concept: The Qur’an
- The verse’s function here: Support
- Textual citation: «And His saying, the Exalted, {The month of Ramadan in which the Qur’an was sent down, as guidance for the people, and clear proofs of guidance and the criterion…} (al-Baqarah 185).»
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 56: He interprets shahāda here as the presence and sighting of the month, not shahāda in the sense of killing or death.
- Concept: Present witnessing
- The verse’s function here: Foundation
- Textual citation: «{The month of Ramadan … so whoever among you witnesses the month, let him fast it …} (al-Baqarah 185)»
Related books
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