This axis gathers 1 place of use for this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

The verse text as cited

AND THOSE WHO DISPUTE CONCERNING OUR SIGNS KNOW THAT THEY HAVE NO ESCAPE

Brief reading

The verse is invoked to affirm that disputing God’s signs is a negative stance with an eventual outcome.

Axes

  • Faith-based
  • Methodological
  • Disputation: 2

Its place in the conceptual network

It sets disputation in contrast to the faith-based stance open to the signs.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 1

Places of use

  • The Book and the Qur’an, p. 277: He invokes it to affirm that disputing God’s signs is a negative stance with an eventual outcome.
    • Concept: Disputation
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual evidence: «- {AND THOSE WHO DISPUTE CONCERNING OUR SIGNS KNOW THAT THEY HAVE NO ESCAPE} (al-Shura 35).»

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