This axis gathers 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, along with the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
And in your creation and what He disperses of creatures are signs for a people who are certain * And the alternation of night and day … are signs for a people who reason * Those are the signs of God
Brief reading
It establishes an understanding of God’s signs as cosmic phenomena apprehended by reason, not as devotional rulings.
Axes
- Methodological
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Cosmic signs: 2
- Phenomena: 1
- Reason: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It draws a semantic boundary for the concept of the sign within the contemporary reading.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Establishment: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 217: This sequence is made a model showing that “the signs of God” are cosmic phenomena apprehended by reason, not devotional rulings.
- Concept: cosmic signs
- Function of the verse here: Establishment
- Textual evidence: “Here we observe in verses 4–5–6 of Surat al-Jathiyah how the cosmic phenomena are mentioned, then followed in verse 6 by the phrase {Those are the signs of God}”
Related books
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