This axis brings together 3 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking them to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
AND WE SAID, “DESCEND, AS ENEMIES TO ONE ANOTHER. AND FOR YOU ON EARTH IS A PLACE OF SETTLEMENT AND AN ENJOYMENT FOR A WHILE”
Brief reading
The verse establishes Adam’s transition from the stage of guardianship to the stage of earthly life and responsibility.
Axes
- Narrative and historical
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Descent: 3
- Descent to earth: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It enters into the construction of the story of Adam, with descent understood as a shift in the human condition.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
- Foundation: 1
- Context: 1
Instances of use
- State and Society, p. 214: He takes it as evidence for Adam’s transition from guardianship to independence, that is, from dependence on care to bearing responsibility on earth.
- Concept: descent to earth
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: “{AND WE SAID, ‘DESCEND, AS ENEMIES TO ONE ANOTHER. AND FOR YOU ON EARTH IS A PLACE OF SETTLEMENT …‘} (Al-Baqarah 36)”
- The Qur’anic Narrative, vol. 2, p. 7: He employs the verse to ground the idea of descent from Paradise within the sequence of Adam’s story.
- Concept: descent
- Function of the verse here: Foundation
- Textual citation: “And the descent from Paradise is in His saying تعالى { وَقُلْنَا اهْبِطُوا بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌ…} (Al-Baqarah 36)”
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 259: He makes it a description of the qualitative shift from the stage of Paradise to the stage of earthly, social, temporary life.
- Concept: descent
- Function of the verse here: Context
- Textual citation: “Thus he underwent a qualitative shift, indicated by the Exalted in His saying {فَأَزَلَّهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ …}”
Related books
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