This locus gathers 1 place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

The verse text as cited

… FROM THEM, FOUR ARE SACRED…

Brief reading

It is inferred from this that the known months are the sacred months known before the revelation.

Loci

  • Legislative
  • Narrative and historical
  • The sacred months: 2

Its place in the conceptual network

It links the ruling to a determinate time preceding the revelation.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 1

Places of use

  • Islam and Faith, p. 84: It is used to infer that the known months are the sacred months known before the revelation.
    • Concept: the sacred months
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual witness: «{INDEED, THE NUMBER OF MONTHS WITH GOD… FROM THEM, FOUR ARE SACRED… } (At-Tawbah 36).»

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