This axis gathers 1 instance of this verse’s use in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse as quoted
And certainly Allah took the covenant of the Children of Israel … they distort the words from their places …
Brief reading
The two verses are used to distinguish between partial distortion of the words and the judgment that the earlier books are wholly invalid, in critique of the common traditional conception.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
- Methodological
Associated concepts
- Distortion: 2
- Earlier books: 1
- Word: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It establishes a more precise understanding of the meaning of distortion and its limits.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Critique of tradition: 1
Instances of use
- The Qur’anic Story, vol. 1, p. 54: He cites the two verses to distinguish between the partial distortion of words from their places and the judgment that the earlier books are invalid as a whole, as a prelude to criticizing the traditional image of distortion.
- Concept: distortion
- Function of the verse here: critique of tradition
- Textual evidence: “I looked upon the earlier sacred books as wholly invalid, as the Exalted says: ﴿… يُحَرِّفُونَ الْكَلِمَ عَنْ مَوَاضِعِهِ …﴾ (Al-Ma’idah 12 - 13).”
- Countervailing traditional reading: the traditional stereotype holds that the earlier books are invalid as a whole.
Related books
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