This focal point gathers 1 place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that arise around it.
The verse text as given
The people of Noah denied the messengers
Brief reading
It is cited to show that the people of Noah were confronted by messengers before Noah and denied them.
Foci
- Narrative and historical
- Faith-related
Related concepts
- Denial of the messengers: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It enters the network of the denial of the messengers as a recurring historical pattern.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Places of use
- The Qur’anic Narrative, vol. 2, p. 12: cited as evidence that the people of Noah were confronted by messengers before him and denied them.
- Concept: Denial of the messengers
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual witness: «And his people, before his mission, used to deny the messengers of God sent to them, as indicated by the saying of the Exalted: {The people of Noah denied the messengers} (al-Shu’ara 105)»
Related books
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