This axis gathers one location for 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
And look at the bones, how We raise them up and then clothe them with flesh
Brief reading
He employs it as an example of how a difference in reading or orthography may open up a different meaning or raise the possibility of scribal corruption.
Axes
- Methodological
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Readings: 2
- Vowelization: 1
- Orthography: 1
- Scribal corruption: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It serves the network of thought on the effect of orthography and reading on understanding.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 1
Places of use
- Toward a New Foundation for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 83: He uses it as another example of different readings to show that a change in vowelization or orthography may open a different meaning or raise the possibility of scribal corruption.
- Concept: readings
- Function of the verse here: example
- Textual citation: «And he says: { AND LOOK AT THE BONES, HOW WE RAISE THEM UP, THEN CLOTHE THEM WITH FLESH } (al-Baqarah 259).»
- Corresponding traditional reading: the reading of nushrihā / nushruhā according to al-Razi and the reciters mentioned
Related books
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