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.
The verse text as cited
And present to them an example: two men, to one of whom We gave two gardens of grapevines
Brief reading
The verse is read as an example of how paradise may mean an earthly garden rather than the paradisal hereafter.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
- Narrative and historical
Related concepts
- Earthly paradise: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It serves to determine the meaning of paradise according to narrative and linguistic context.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 1
Usage instances
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 207: He makes it an example of the use of «garden» to denote an earthly garden, not the paradisal hereafter.
- Concept: Earthly paradise
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual evidence: «وقد وردت بهذا المعنى في قوله تعالى {وَاصْرِبْ لَهُمْ مَثَلًا رَجُلَيْنِ جَعَلْنَا لِأَحَدِهِمَا جَنَّتَيْنِ مِنْ أَعْنَابٍ…} (الكهف ٣٢)»
Related books
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