This node gathers one place 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 it appears
O you who are wrapped up, stand [in prayer] through the night, except a little — half of it, or reduce a little from it, or add to it, and recite the Qur’an with measured recitation. Indeed, We will cast upon you a weighty word.
Brief reading
He uses it to establish the rule of tartīl as a methodology for organizing the Qur’an’s themes and understanding them scientifically.
Nodes
- methodological
- linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- tartīl: 2
- thematic organization: 1
- scientific understanding: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It is regarded as one of the foundational texts for Shahrur’s method of reading.
The verse’s role in the argument
- establishment: 1
Places of use
- Islam and Human Being: He uses it to establish the rule of tartīl as a methodology for organizing the Qur’an’s themes and understanding them scientifically.
- concept: tartīl
- function of the verse here: establishment
- textual evidence: «The first of the rules of this methodology is the rule of tartīl that God Almighty commanded us to follow: { … } (al-Muzzammil 1-5)»
Related books
This page is presented within the general methodology of building the atlas.