al-Hajj 19

This locus gathers 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

Verse text as cited

{ هَذَانِ خَصْمَانِ اخْتَصَمُوا }

Brief reading

Shahrur uses it to overturn a schoolroom grammatical rule and to affirm that the rule follows the text, not the reverse.

Axes

• Methodological
• Linguistic and semantic

Related concepts

• Grammar and language: 2

Its place in the network of concepts

It enters into a reordering of the relationship between language and rule.

The verse’s role in the argument

• Critique of the tradition: 1

Instances of use

• A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 20: He uses it to overturn a schoolroom grammatical rule and to affirm that the rule follows the text, not the reverse.
  • Concept: Grammar and language
  • Function of the verse here: Critique of the tradition
  • Textual evidence: «{ هَذَانِ خَصْمَانِ اخْتَصَمُوا } (al-Hajj 19)»
  • The corresponding traditional reading: Sibawayh’s statement that the verb must agree with the subject in singular, dual, and plural

Related books

• A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation

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