This locus 1 gathers one instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as quoted
They said, “Do not fear; we give you good news of a knowledgeable boy.”
Brief reading
The verse is invoked to broaden the meaning of boy, away from the social connotation associated with slavery.
Loci
- Linguistic and semantic
- Narrative and historical
Related concepts
- boy: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It participates in building the semantic field of Qur’anic expressions within the narrative context.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Places of use
- State and Society, p. 263: He invokes it within the same semantic field to broaden the meaning of boy away from the social connotation of slavery.
- Concept: boy
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{They said, “Do not fear; we give you good news of a knowledgeable boy.”} (Al-Hijr 53)»
Related books
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