This axis brings together 1 locus of use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

The verse text as cited

ʿĀd denied, so how [terrible] was My punishment and My warnings.

Brief reading

For Shahrur, the verse indicates the presence of warnings in the story of ʿAd, confirming that warning came before the punishment.

Axes

  • Narrative and historical
  • Faith-based
  • warnings: 2
  • ʿAd: 1
  • warning: 1

Its place in the conceptual network

It is connected to the axis of warning in Qur’anic narratives.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 1

Places of use

  • Qur’anic Narrative, vol. 2, p. 53: Cited as evidence for the presence of warnings in the story of ʿAd, which supports his idea of prior warning.
    • Concept: warnings
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual evidence: «٣ - {كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ} (القمر ١٨).»

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