This locus gathers 2 instances of Shahrur’s use of this verse in his books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Verse text as cited
I am placing a vicegerent on earth
Brief reading
The verse comes within an evolutionary reading of the creation of the human being, where the “fashioning” and then readiness for vicegerency on earth are understood.
Loci
- Narrative and historical
- Methodological
Associated concepts
- Fashioning: 2
- Vicegerency: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It is linked to the construction of the context of creation as a preparatory stage for vicegerency.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Context: 1
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 259: he makes it indicative of the completion of the stage of fashioning before prostration, within his evolutionary reading of the creation of the human being.
- Concept: fashioning
- Function of the verse here: context
- Textual evidence: «We note in verse 30 of Surat al-Baqarah that His saying, {I am placing a vicegerent on earth} indicates the completion of fashioning»
- Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 59: he employs it to show that the human being, after the breathing of the spirit, became qualified for vicegerency on earth.
- Concept: vicegerency
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual evidence: «Thus he became entitled to succeed God on earth, according to His saying: {I am placing a vicegerent on earth…} (al-Baqarah 30).»
Related books
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