This axis gathers 2 places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

Verse text as cited

مُخَلَّقَةٍ وَغَيْرَ مُخَلَّقَةٍ

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 inferring resurrection through the gradation of creation.

Axes

  • methodological
  • doctrinal
  • 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

Places of use

  • Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 259: Cited to depict contradiction within a single thing as one of the dialectics on which the objective world is built.
    • Concept: Dialectic of contradiction
    • Function of the verse here: Example
    • Textual citation: «{مُخَلَّقَةٍ وَغَيْرَ مُخَلَّقَةٍ} (الحج ٥).»
  • Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 22: Made into proof of resurrection through the gradation of creation as an example of becoming and transformation.
    • Concept: Resurrection
    • Function of the verse here: Foundation
    • Textual citation: «… كما في قوله – تعالى –: … (٤) … ٥ … في آية الحج»

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