This axis gathers 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as it appears
Then when they had both submitted, and he laid him down upon his brow
Brief reading
The verse is interpreted as an act that indicates lowering, not merely placing, to highlight the semantic opposition within the root.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
- Methodological
Related concepts
- al-tall: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It serves the semantic distinction between opposing meanings in the linguistic root.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 276: He interprets it as an act that indicates lowering, not merely placing, to highlight the semantic opposition within the root.
- Concept: al-tall
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual citation: “And in the sense of lowering came His saying تعالى {فَلَمَّا أَسْلَمَا وَتَلَّهُ لِلْجَبِينِ} (al-Saffat 103), that is, he lowered him onto his forehead to the ground in order to slaughter him.”
Related books
This page is presented within the general method of atlas construction.