This axis gathers one place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, along with the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Verse text as quoted
And they said, “Tales of the ancients, which he had written down”
Brief reading
The verse is used to bring the meaning of the Book closer as a gathering of topics, not merely literal writing.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Gathering of meaning: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It serves to expand the derivational meaning of the word Book.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 40: He uses it to bring the meaning of the Book closer, from the perspective of derivation, as a gathering of topics rather than mere writing in the literal sense.
- Concept: gathering of meaning
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual evidence: «In the sense of His saying تعالى {وَقَالُوا أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوْلِينَ اكْتَبَهَا…} (al-Furqan 5), that is, he gathered them.»
Related books
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