This axis gathers 2 instances 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 when Moses said to his boy, “I will not cease until I reach the junction of the two seas, or I continue for ages.”
Brief reading
The verse serves to establish the meaning of fata as the companion or servant, not as a specific age.
Axes
- Political and social
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- fata: 2
- fata and close companionship: 1
- close companionship: 1
- service: 1
- accompaniment: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It serves the recalibration of the social signification of the term within the Qur’anic context.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Establishing: 1
- Supporting: 1
Pages in the atlas that refer to this verse
These links gather the pages that rely on the verse or make it part of the argument within the atlas.
Related atoms
Instances of use
- State and Society, p. 265: used together with others to prove that “fata” is a description of accompaniment and service, not of a specific age stage.
- Concept: fata and close companionship
- Function of the verse here: Establishing
- Textual witness: “{And when Moses said to his boy…} (al-Kahf 60) … the meaning of the adjectival noun (fata): the person who is a companion, associate, and close attendant”
- A Guide to the Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 65: cited to show that the fata is the person connected to the service of, or close attendance upon, another person, not merely someone young in age.
- Concept: fata
- Function of the verse here: Supporting
- Textual witness: “From here we understand the meaning of Moses’ boy: { And when Moses said to his boy… } (al-Kahf 60).”
Related books
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