This locus gathers 2 instances of Muhammad Shahrur’s use of this verse in his books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse as quoted
And she said to his sister, “Follow him,” so she watched him from afar…
Brief reading
He invokes it to establish the presence of the sister in the story of Moses, making it a key to reading some kinship forms in other narratives.
Axes
- Narrative and historical
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- sister: 3
Its place in the conceptual network
It serves to connect the Qur’anic narrative with the construction of family meaning.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Context: 1
- Support: 1
Places of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 213: He cites it to confirm the existence of a sister for Moses in the story, and thus that the description of Mary as the sister of Aaron can be understood through narrative and behavioral similarity.
- Concept: sister
- Function of the verse here: Context
- Textual evidence: «{And she said to his sister, “Follow him,” so she watched him from afar…} (al-Qasas 11).»
- Islam and Faith, p. 214: He uses it to establish that the Revelation mentions Moses’ mother and his sister, but does not mention his father, as a prelude to his reading of lineage through the maternal line.
- Concept: sister
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «It also mentions that he has a sister, in His saying تعالى: {And she said to his sister, “Follow him,” so she watched him from afar…} (al-Qasas 11).»
Related books
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