This axis brings together 1 instance of the use of this verse in the books of Muhammad Shahrur, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Verse text as cited
{And how many a community that rebelled against the command of its Lord and His messengers, so We called it to account with a severe reckoning and punished it with a terrible punishment}
Brief reading
The verse appears in the context of interpreting the community’s rebellion and the resulting reckoning and punishment.
Axes
- Political and social
- Narrative and historical
Related concepts
- rebellion: 2
- community: 1
- punishment: 1
- God’s command: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to a reading of society as responsible for its rebellion before the divine command.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- State and Society, p. 87: He uses it to explain that the community is called to account and punished because of its rebellion against God’s command and His messengers.
- Concept: rebellion
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual evidence: «{And how many a community that rebelled against the command of its Lord and His messengers, so We called it to account with a severe reckoning and punished it with a terrible punishment}»
Related books
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