This axis gathers 2 places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
And thus We revealed to you a spirit from Our command…
Brief reading
Through it, Shahrur establishes the idea that the spirit is knowledge and legislation, and that revelation is the bearer of this meaning.
Axes
- Methodological
- Faith-based
Related concepts
- Revelation is spirit: 2
- Revelation: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It enters into a network that makes revelation a field for knowledge and legislation together.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
- Foundation: 1
Usage locations
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 94: He uses it to affirm that the spirit is related to revelation and commands, not to the material cosmos.
- Concept: Revelation is spirit
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «- {And thus We revealed to you a spirit from Our command…} (al-Shūrā 52).»
- Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 59: He defines the spirit as knowledge and legislation, and makes revelation the bearer of this meaning.
- Concept: Revelation
- Function of the verse here: Foundation
- Textual evidence: «Revelation was named spirit in His saying تعالى: { And thus We revealed to you a spirit from Our command } (al-Shūrā 52) because He revealed to him knowledge and legislation.»
Related books
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