This locus gathers 1 place of use for this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse as cited
And within the earth are neighboring tracts and gardens of grapevines and crops and date palms, some twin and some not twin, all watered with one water; and We favor some of them over others in consumption. Indeed in that are signs for a people who reason.
Brief reading
He reads it as a scene from stages of development in plants, where the distinction between twin and non-twin indicates an internal mutation within a single thing.
Axes
- Narrative and historical
- Methodological
Associated concepts
- Plant diversity: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It serves as a natural example within a developmental framework of understanding.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 1
Places of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 197: He reads it as a scene from stages of development in plants, where the distinction between twin and non-twin indicates an internal mutation within a single thing.
- Concept: plant diversity
- Function of the verse here: example
- Textual evidence: “In this verse he explains one of the stages of development, ‘al-bath’… in the phrase {TWINS AND NON-TWINS}“
Related books
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