This axis brings together 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
HUMANKIND WAS ONE COMMUNITY, THEN GOD SENT THE PROPHETS…
Brief reading
The verse is cited to connect innate disposition with the emergence of religious and social plurality among people.
Axes
- Faith-related
- Political and social
Related concepts
- Plurality: 2
- Innate disposition: 1
- Difference: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It enters into the interpretive network of human difference as part of social laws.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- A Guide to Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 44: Cited to connect innate disposition with the emergence of religious and social plurality among people.
- Concept: Plurality
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «And from its products is plurality, which began with His saying: { HUMANKIND WAS ONE COMMUNITY, THEN GOD SENT THE PROPHETS… } (al-Baqara 213).»
Related books
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