This axis gathers 2 instances of Muhammad Shahrur’s use of this verse in his books, while linking them to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse as cited
{AND OF EVERY THING WE CREATED PAIRS, SO THAT YOU MAY REMEMBER}
Brief reading
Shahrur makes it the basis for the general law of pairing founded on oppositional duality and mutual influence.
Axes
- Methodological
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Pairing: 2
- Oppositional duality: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It enters into the construction of a comprehensive law that describes the orderliness of existence.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
- Foundation: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 164: He uses it to establish the general law of pairing in existence.
- Concept: Pairing
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «And he also said: {AND OF EVERY THING WE CREATED PAIRS, SO THAT YOU MAY REMEMBER}»
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 201: He makes it the basis of the law of pairing founded on mutual influence and mutual being influenced between two different things.
- Concept: Oppositional duality
- Function of the verse here: Foundation
- Textual evidence: «The optimal formulation of this law is found in His saying تعالى {AND OF EVERY THING WE CREATED PAIRS, SO THAT YOU MAY REMEMBER} (Al-Dhariyat 49).»
Related books
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