This locus gathers 3 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse as quoted
And thus We revealed to you an Arabic Qur’an
Brief reading
The verse is used to clarify that revelation comes after the formation of a language capable of linking sound and signified, and to provide context for the concept of Umm al-Qura and destiny.
Loci
- Methodological
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Arabic revelation: 2
- destiny: 2
- Umm al-Qura: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It links revelation, language, and outcome within a single framework of reading.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 2
- Context: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 267: Cited to argue that revelation comes after the realization of an abstract language capable of linking sound and signified.
- Concept: Arabic revelation
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «And along similar lines was the revelation to the Prophet (PBUH) … hence he appended to it God’s saying: {And thus We revealed to you an Arabic Qur’an}»
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism, p. 227: Invoked within the presentation of the hadith to indicate the deterministic or final sorting implied by the hadith, then critically referred back to the firm verses.
- Concept: destiny
- Function of the verse here: Context
- Textual evidence: «Then the Messenger of God (PBUH) said with his hands and cast them aside, then said: Your Lord has finished with the servants; {A party in Paradise and a party in the Blaze} (Shura 7)»
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, pp. 129-130: Makes it a description of Mecca as the only village that does not disappear in the symbolism of monotheism.
- Concept: Umm al-Qura
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{ … so that you may warn the Mother of Cities and those around it … } (Shura 7),»
Related books
- The Book and the Qur’an
- Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence
This page is presented within the general method of building the atlas.