al-Nazi‘at 31-33

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This axis brings together 4 places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that emerge around it.

The verse text as cited

He brought forth from it its water and its pasture * and the mountains He anchored * a provision for you and for your livestock

Brief reading

At Shahrur’s, the verse appears as an entry point for defining livestock, provision, and linking them to people’s daily needs and to linguistic indication rather than to the narrow customary meaning.

Axes

  • Linguistic and semantic
  • Political and social
  • Human and ethical
  • pasture: 2
  • domesticated livestock: 2
  • provision: 2
  • women: 2

Its place in the conceptual network

It is connected to a network of concepts that makes benefit and shared living part of his understanding of provision and civilization.

The role of the verse in the argument

  • Foundation: 3
  • Support: 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.

Places of use

  • The Qur’anic Narrative, vol. 2, p. 49: He defines livestock as herbivorous animals that live on water and pasture and fall within the system of provision for human beings.
    • Concept: pasture
    • Function of the verse here: Foundation
    • Textual evidence: «{ He brought forth from it its water and its pasture * and the mountains He anchored * a provision for you and for your livestock } (al-Nazi‘at 31–33)»
  • The Qur’anic Narrative, vol. 2, p. 49: He makes the verse the basis for defining livestock as domesticated herbivorous animals linked to pasture and water.
    • Concept: domesticated livestock
    • Function of the verse here: Foundation
    • Textual evidence: «Livestock—originally—are domesticated herbivorous animals, as in His saying: { He brought forth from it its water and its pasture … } (al-Nazi‘at 31–33)»
  • The Book and the Qur’an, p. 498: He cites it to show that provision includes what both humans and livestock benefit from, and that it is not limited to human beings alone.
    • Concept: provision
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual evidence: «He said: {He brought forth from it its water and its pasture … a provision for you and for your livestock} (al-Nazi‘at 31–33)»
  • The Book and the Qur’an, p. 504: He links women, in the sense of the later or subsequent among things, to the desire for fashion and renewal in consumer goods.
    • Concept: women
    • Function of the verse here: Foundation
    • Textual evidence: «And all renewed things … the Qur’an gathers them in one term: women.»

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