This locus brings together 2 places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

The verse text as cited

{.. I SHALL TELL YOU THE INTERPRETATION OF THAT WHICH YOU COULD NOT BEAR WITH PATIENCE}

Brief reading

The verse is used as an example of interpreting actions according to their outcomes, and of the meaning of parting as a separation in argument and position.

Axes

  • Methodological
  • Linguistic and semantic
  • Interpretation of events: 2
  • Parting: 2
  • Separation: 1
  • Outcome: 1

Its place in the conceptual network

It is connected to the reading method that links the outward sense to its semantic outcome.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Example: 1
  • Support: 1

Places of use

  • The Book and the Qur’an, p. 172: It is cited to argue that the righteous servant informed Moses of what the actions would later come to mean.
    • Concept: Interpretation of events
    • Function of the verse here: Example
    • Textual evidence: «{.. I SHALL TELL YOU THE INTERPRETATION OF THAT WHICH YOU COULD NOT BEAR WITH PATIENCE}»
  • Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 248: The verse is used to reinforce the meaning of parting as a separation in argument and position before moving on to the separation of spouses.
    • Concept: Parting
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual evidence: «The word “between” occurs in the verse: { HE SAID: THIS IS THE PARTING BETWEEN ME AND YOU }, as there is “parting”, that is, a difference between Moses’ argument and the righteous servant’s argument»

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