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
  • 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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