This axis brings together 2 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 as cited
Did there not come to them the tidings of those before them—the people of Noah, and `Ad, and Thamud, and the people of Abraham, and the inhabitants of Midian, and the overturned towns? Their messengers came to them with clear proofs, so it was not for God to wrong them, but it was they who wronged themselves.
Brief reading
The verse is used to affirm that the reports of earlier nations fall under the category of unseen tidings associated with clear proofs.
Axes
- Narrative and historical
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- clear proofs: 2
- unseen narratives: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It connects historical report and unseen signification in the Qur’an.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 2
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 82: He uses it with the reports of earlier nations to show that tidings are associated with clear proofs and belong to the realm of prophethood, not ordinary news.
- Concept: clear proofs
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: «{… their messengers came to them with clear proofs …} (At-Tawbah 70)»
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 82: He makes it an example of how what the Qur’an relates about earlier nations is an unseen tidings, not direct news.
- Concept: unseen narratives
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: «… {Did there not come to them the tidings of those before them …} (At-Tawbah 70).»
Related books
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