This locus gathers 1 place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, with a link to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse as quoted
Recite to them the story of the two sons of Adam… Then God sent a raven scratching at the ground to show him how to hide the nakedness of his brother
Brief reading
Shahrur derives from it the earliest manifestations of human experience before Noah, including the learning of burial for the dead.
Axes
- Narrative and historical
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- Burial of the dead: 2
- Human experience: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It enters into the narrative of the development of the earliest human experience.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 1
Places of use
- The Qur’anic Narrative vol. 2, p. 10: He derives from it the earliest manifestations of human experience before Noah, namely learning to bury the dead.
- Concept: Burial of the dead
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual evidence: «١ - دفن الموتى: {وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ ابْنَيْ أَدَمَ … فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ غُرَابًا يَبْحَثُ فِي الْأَرْضِ…} (المائدة)»
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