This locus gathers 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, connecting it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Verse text as quoted
وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلَكِنْ كَانُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ
Brief reading
The verse is used to distinguish between the soul that is taken and the soul that dies, while linking it to the context of the soul, not the spirit.
Axes
- linguistic and semantic
- methodological
Related concepts
- soul: 2
- taking in death: 1
- death: 1
- spirit: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It helps set the semantic boundaries between closely related terms.
The verse’s role in the argument
- distinction: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 322: He uses it to distinguish between the soul that is taken in death and the soul that dies, and links it to the context of the soul, not the spirit.
- Concept: soul
- Function of the verse here: distinction
- Textual evidence: “His statement, Exalted is He, {.. وَمَا كَانَ اللهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلَكِنْ كَانُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ} (Ankabut 40) means the soul that is taken in death”
Related books
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