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
  • 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}»

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