This axis gathers one place 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
{Indeed, We sent it down on a blessed night … On it every wise command is differentiated * A command from Us; indeed, We were to send [messengers]}
Brief reading
He uses it to say that Laylat al-Qadr is not exclusive to the Qur’an alone, but is also connected to the issuance of other commands.
Axes
- Methodological
- Legislative
Related concepts
- Qur’an proclamation and commands: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It is linked to the idea that what is sent down on Laylat al-Qadr is multiple: the Qur’an and the command.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Usage locations
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 181: He uses it to say that Laylat al-Qadr is not only for the Qur’an but also for issuing other commands.
- Concept: Qur’an proclamation and commands
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: “This is consistent with his statement in Surat al-Dukhan that on Laylat al-Qadr many commands are issued, not only the command to proclaim the Qur’an”
Related books
This page is presented within the general methodology of building the atlas.