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
{Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter name the angels with the naming of the female}
Brief reading
Shahrur cites the verse to argue that calling the angels female reflects an ancient historical conception in religious consciousness.
Loci
- Narrative and historical
- Faith-based
Related concepts
- Conception of the angels: 2
- Naming the angels: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to the history of religious representations of the angels.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 2
Places of use
- State and Society, p. 45: He uses it to support the idea that early religious conceptions were formulated within feminine representations in ancient consciousness.
- Concept: Conception of the angels
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «And the warnings in this stage came to people in the form of females, according to His – تعالى – saying: {Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter name the angels with the naming of the female} (An-Najm 27).»
- State and Society, p. 79: He cites it to affirm that naming the angels female reflects a historical stage of consciousness, not an abstract interpretive knot.
- Concept: Naming the angels
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «- {Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter name the angels with the naming of the female} (An-Najm 27).»
Related books
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