This axis gathers 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 quoted
And among them are unlettered people who do not know the Book except through wishes … so woe to those who write the Book with their own hands …
Brief reading
He uses the two verses to affirm that distortion does not mean changing the text only, but also includes writing interpretations and connotations and attributing them to God.
Axes
- Narrative and historical
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Distortion: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It places distortion within the network of text and interpretation together.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- The Qur’anic Narrative vol. 1, p. 54: He uses the two verses to affirm that distortion, in his view, does not mean only changing the text, but also includes writing interpretations and connotations and attributing them to God.
- Concept: distortion
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual citation: “In another sura, ﴿وَمِنْهُمْ أُمِّيُونَ … فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَكْتُبُونَ الْكِتَابَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ …﴾ (al-Baqara 78 - 79).”
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