This axis brings together 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Verse text as cited
وَالشُّعَرَاءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ الْغَاوُونَ * أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِي كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ * وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ
Brief reading
It states that the text criticizes lack of commitment and practical lying in poetry, not poetry and art as such.
Axes
- Human and ethical
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Commitment: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is connected to commitment as an ethical criterion within artistic discourse.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Critique of the heritage: 1
Uses
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 526: It states that the text criticizes lack of commitment and practical lying in poetry, not poetry and art as such.
- Concept: commitment
- Function of the verse here: critique of the heritage
- Textual citation: «فقال {وَالشُّعَرَاءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ الْغَاوُونَ * أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِي كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ * وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ}»
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