This axis gathers 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the verse as quoted
And faces, that Day, will be scowling, * thinking that there will be done to them a back-breaking affliction
Brief reading
The verse supports the meaning of supposition when it comes close to certainty, arising from severity and threat.
Axes
- Faith-related
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- al-ẓann: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is connected to broadening the faith-related semantic range of the term al-ẓann in the Qur’anic context.
Its role in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 275: He employs it to show that ẓann may come to mean certainty generated by severity and threat.
- Concept: al-ẓann
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual witness: «And His saying: {وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَاسِرَةٌ * تَظُنُّ أَنْ يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ} (al-Qiyama 24–25).»
Related books
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