This axis gathers 2 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking them to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the verse as it appears
Then He fashioned him and breathed into him of His Spirit
Brief reading
Shahrur uses it to establish an understanding of the breathing of the spirit within the story of human formation and its connection to the fu’ād.
Axes
- Faith-based
- Narrative and historical
Related concepts
- Spirit: 2
- Spirit and fu’ād: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It enters a network that explains the emergence of the human being from the standpoint of spirit and cognition.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Foundational: 1
- Supportive: 1
Instances of use
- The Qur’anic Narrative, vol. 2, p. 7: He cites it to interpret the breathing of the spirit as a concept linked to the formation of the human being in his reading of the story of Adam.
- Concept: spirit
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual evidence: “the breathing of the spirit in His saying تعالى { ثُمَّ سَوَّاهُ وَنَفَخَ فِيهِ مِنْ رُوحِهِ…} (Prostration 9)”
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 228: He cites it to connect the breathing of the spirit to the formation of the fu’ād as the first stage in human cognition.
- Concept: spirit and fu’ād
- Function of the verse here: Supportive
- Textual evidence: “{ثُمَّ سَوَّاهُ وَنَفَخَ فِيهِ مِنْ رُوحِهِ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْأَبْصَارَ وَالْأَفْئِدَةَ} (Prostration 9).”
Related books
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