This axis brings together 1 instance of this verse’s use in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Verse text as cited
And in Thamud, when it was said to them, “Enjoy yourselves for a while,” they defied the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt overtook them while they were looking on
Brief reading
He uses it to emphasize that Thamud were overtaken after their defiance of the command of their Lord, and that the thunderbolt is the form this overtaking took.
Axes
- Narrative and historical
- Political and social
Related concepts
- al-‘anad: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It connects the historical narrative with the meaning of social defiance.
Its role in the argument
- Support: 1
Usage locations
- The State and Society, p. 92: He uses it to emphasize that Thamud’s being overtaken came after their defiance of the command of their Lord, and that the thunderbolt is the form of this overtaking.
- Concept: al-‘anad
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{And in Thamud, when it was said to them, “Enjoy yourselves for a while” (43), they defied the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt overtook them}»
Related books
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