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

Text of the verse as cited

{إِنَّا مُرْسِلُو النَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةٌ لَهُمْ … إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً فَكَانُوا كَهَشِيمِ الْمُحْتَظِرِ}

Brief reading

The verse is employed as an example of the cry as a devastating external punishment that strikes the towns.

Axes

  • Narrative and historical
  • Political and social
  • The cry: 2

Its place in the network of concepts

It enters into the network of examples that explain the types of punishment in Qur’anic narratives.

The role of the verse in the argument

  • Example: 1

Places of use

  • The State and Society, p. 89: uses it as an example that the cry is a type of external punishment destructive to the towns.
    • Concept: the cry
    • Function of the verse here: example
    • Textual evidence: «… ومنها من عذبها بالصيحة وهي الصوت المدوي مثلما حدث مع قوم ثمود وهم قوم صالح كما في قوله – تعالى –: {إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً …}»

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