This locus gathers 1 place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

The verse text as cited

{“And those who, when reminded of the signs of their Lord, do not fall upon them deaf and blind”}

Brief reading

According to Shahrur, the verse establishes an understanding of the signs of lordship as natural phenomena to be read with scientific reason, not superstition.

Axes

  • Faith
  • Methodological
  • Signs of lordship: 2
  • Natural phenomena: 1
  • Science: 1

Its place in the conceptual network

It enters into the network linking faith and natural knowledge.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Establishment: 1

Uses

  • The Book and the Qur’an, p. 471: He makes it evidence that the imams of the God-conscious read the signs of lordship as natural phenomena and as science, not superstition.
    • Concept: Signs of lordship
    • Function of the verse here: Establishment
    • Textual witness: «And the second matter came in a separate clause in His saying {“And those who, when reminded of the signs of their Lord…”}»

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