This axis gathers 1 instance of this verse’s use in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
And those who disbelieved said, “Why was the Qur’an not sent down to him all at once?” Thus it is, so that We may steady your heart by means of it, and We recited it in distinct recitation.
Brief reading
The verse establishes the idea of gradual revelation, which steadied the Prophet’s heart and then came in discrete installments.
Axes
- Methodological
- Faith-based
Related concepts
- Distinct revelation: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It enters into Shahrur’s conception of the structure of revelation and its course.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Establishing: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 324: He makes it the basis for the idea that the Qur’an was revealed gradually to steady the Prophet’s heart first, and then came to him afterward in discrete installments.
- Concept: Distinct revelation
- Function of the verse here: Establishing
- Textual evidence: «{وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْآنُ جُمْلَةً وَاحِدَةً كَذَلِكَ لِنُثْبِتَ بِهِ فُؤَادَكَ وَرَثْلَنَاهُ تَرْتِيلًا} (الفرقان ٣٢)»
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