This locus gathers 1 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 cited
IN A FEW YEARS, THE COMMAND BELONGS TO GOD BEFORE AND AFTER, AND ON THAT DAY THE BELIEVERS WILL REJOICE
Brief reading
In Shahrur’s work, the verse comes to establish an understanding of the unseen as linked to time, since it is divided into past and future within the divine command.
Axes
- Methodological
- Faith-based
Related concepts
- The unseen and time: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It is linked to the concept of the unseen and time and opens the reading network onto a temporal epistemological conception.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Establishing: 1
Instances of use
- The Qur’anic Narrative, vol. 1, p. 17: He interprets it as dividing the unseen into past and future and linking both to the divine command within a temporal conception of knowledge.
- Concept: The unseen and time
- Function of the verse here: Establishing
- Textual evidence: «And when we considered His saying تعالى: {IN A FEW YEARS, THE COMMAND BELONGS TO GOD BEFORE AND AFTER …} (al-Rum: 4), … we understood that the unseen referred to … has two parts: a part that has passed … and a part that will come after the moment of now»
Related books
This page is presented within the general methodology of atlas construction.