This axis gathers 2 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse as cited
On that Day it will tell its news, because your Lord has inspired it.
Brief reading
Shahrur builds on it the idea that the presence of the witness on the Day of Resurrection makes the event an unseen matter transformed into a witnessed report.
Axes
- Narrative and historical
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- News and presence: 2
- News and presence-hood: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to building a connection between presence and testimony, and the meaning of news.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Foundational: 1
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- The Qur’anic Narrative Vol. 1, p. 147: He interprets the verse to mean that describing the earth as having “its news” is due to the presence of the witness on the Day of Resurrection, so presence turns the unseen event into a report.
- Concept: news and presence
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual witness: “{يَوْمَئِذٍ تُحَدِّثُ أَخْبَارَهَا …} (al-Zalzalah: 4 - 5)”
- The Qur’anic Narrative Vol. 2, p. 147: He uses it to affirm that the phrase “its news” is fitting because the event is present and witnessed, so presence-hood turns the report into news.
- Concept: news and presence-hood
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual witness: “We can understand His saying about the earth on the day of the earthquake: {يَوْمَئِذٍ تُحَدِّثُ أَخْبَارَهَا (٤) بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوْحَى لَهَا}.”
Related books
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