This node brings together 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, connecting it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

The verse text as cited

إِنَّمَا النَّسِيءُ زِيَادَةٌ فِي الْكُفْرِ

Brief reading

He uses it to connect the meaning of delay in nasīʾ with the meaning of women as those who come later in creation.

Axes

  • Linguistic and semantic
  • Methodological
  • Linguistic root: 2

Its place in the conceptual network

It shows how his argument is built on the linguistic root.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 1

Instances of use

  • The State and Society, p. 180: He cites it linguistically to connect the meaning of delay in “nasīʾ” with the meaning of “women” as those who come later in creation.
    • Concept: linguistic root
    • Function of the verse here: support
    • Textual evidence: «Knowing that the only root from which the singular form “women” is derived is the verb “nasaʾa” … as it is also used in His saying: {INNAMĀ AN-NASĪʾU Zِيَادَةٌ فِي الْكُفْرِ} (At-Tawbah 37)»

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