This axis brings together 2 instances of the use of this verse in the books of Muhammad Shahrur, linking them to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the Verse as Cited
Formed and unformed
Reader’s Answer
Question
How does Muhammad Shahrur employ the phrase “formed and unformed” from The Pilgrimage 5?
Shahrur employs the phrase as an example of the “dialectic of contradictions within a single thing,” and also incorporates The Pilgrimage 5 into his argument for resurrection through what he calls the axis of becoming and transformation in the world.
Shahrur states explicitly that “formed and unformed” is an example of the dialectic of contradictions within a single thing, within his conception of the dialectics of the objective world.
Evidence and Location
Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism — p. 259.
Limits of the Reading
- The first citation establishes the designation of the phrase itself as an example of internal contradiction, but it does not explain a linguistic or medical interpretation of the terms “formed” and “unformed.”
- The second citation refers to The Pilgrimage 5 in the context of demonstrating resurrection, but this excerpt does not elaborate the precise interpretive connection between each part of the verse’s wording and the axes of being, process, and becoming.
- This page documents Shahrur’s use of the verse; it does not establish that this use is the verse’s only interpretation or its inherited interpretation.
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Brief Reading
Shahrur takes it as an example of the dialectic of contradiction in the world and, at the same time, as a basis for arguing for resurrection through the gradual stages of creation.
Axes
- Methodological
- Faith-based
Related Concepts
- Dialectic of contradiction: 2
- Resurrection: 2
Its Place in the Conceptual Network
It connects reflection on cosmic becoming with belief in resurrection.
The Verse’s Role in the Argument
- Example: 1
- Foundation: 1
Instances of Use
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 259: He cites it to depict contradiction within a single thing as one of the dialectics on which the objective world is based.
- Concept: dialectic of contradiction
- Function of the verse here: example
- Textual citation: “{Formed and unformed} (The Pilgrimage 5).”
- Towards New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 22: He makes it evidence for resurrection through the gradual stages of creation, as an example of becoming and transformation.
- Concept: resurrection
- Function of the verse here: foundation
- Textual citation: “… as in His saying—Exalted is He—: … (4) … 5 … in the verse of The Pilgrimage”
Related Books
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