This axis brings together two instances of the use of this verse in the books of Muhammad Shahrur, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the Verse as Cited
So what causes you, thereafter, to deny the Judgment?
Reader’s Answer
Question
How does Shahrur read the word «baʿdu» in the divine statement, ﴿So what causes you, thereafter, to deny the Judgment?﴾, and what does he seek to establish through it?
Shahrur employs the verse as linguistic evidence that «baʿdu» remains an adverb denoting time, even when it occurs in the nominative with a ḍammah; he places it alongside other forms of «baʿd» in the accusative or governed by a preposition. His aim here is not to interpret the full meaning of the verse from Sūrat al-Tīn, but rather to object to making the grammatical marker alone a decisive factor that changes the word’s temporal function.
Shahrur regards «baʿdu» in the verse from Sūrat al-Tīn as an adverb indicating time, despite its occurrence in the nominative with a ḍammah. He compares occurrences of «baʿd» in the accusative as an adverb, governed by a preposition, and in the nominative with a ḍammah, in order to conclude that its temporal significance remains in these forms.
Evidence and Location
Qur’anic Narratives, Vol. 1 — p. 129.
Limits of the Reading
- The evidence establishes that Shahrur used the verse from Sūrat al-Tīn as an example of nominative «baʿdu» with temporal significance, but it does not itself prove the validity of the rule in all Arabic or Qur’anic usages.
- The accompanying text stops while moving to a subsequent question; therefore, no additional conclusion may be attributed to Shahrur beyond this point.
- The evidence does not provide a detailed interpretation of the entire construction in the verse or of the meaning of «al-dīn» therein.
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Brief Reading
It is cited to affirm that «baʿdu» remains a temporal adverb in all grammatical case forms.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
Related Concepts
- Time: 2
- baʿdu: 1
- Posteriority: 1
Its Place in the Conceptual Network
It serves the idea that the fundamental meaning remains stable despite variations in grammatical inflection.
The Verse’s Role in the Argument
- Example: 2
Locations of Use
- Qur’anic Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 129: He cites it among examples of the nominative to affirm that «baʿdu» is a temporal adverb that remains so in all grammatical case forms.
- Concept: time
- Function of the verse here: example
- Textual evidence: «So what causes you, thereafter, to deny the Judgment? (al-Tīn: 7)»
- Qur’anic Narratives, Vol. 2, p. 128: He cites it as evidence for nominative «baʿdu», then states that temporal adverbiality persists while the meaning changes according to context.
- Concept: posteriority
- Function of the verse here: example
- Textual evidence: «Or in the nominative with a ḍammah, as in verse 4 of Sūrat al-Rūm, and similarly in the divine statement: {So what causes you, thereafter, to deny the Judgment?} (al-Tīn: 7)»
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