This axis brings together 2 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking them to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
﴿وَإِذَا بَدَّلْنَا آيَةً مَكَانَ آيَةٍ …﴾
Brief reading
The verse is used to explain the meaning of substitution and to connect it with the change of laws and universal rulings, not with any change in the text of the muṣḥaf.
Axes
- Legislative
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Abrogation: 3
Its place in the network of concepts
It establishes an understanding of abrogation as a transition between revelations.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Establishing: 1
- Supporting: 1
Instances of use
- Drying Up the Springs of Terrorism, p. 51: He cites it together with al-Baqara 106 to prove substitution, then links it to the change of laws rather than to rulings within a single law.
- Concept: abrogation
- Function of the verse here: establishing
- Textual evidence: «وقوله – تعالى –: {إِذَا بَدَّلْنَا آيةً مَكَانَ آيةٍ …} (النحل ١٠١)»
- Towards New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 109: He uses it together with the verse al-Baqara 106 to emphasize that substitution occurs in revelations and universal rulings, not in the muṣḥaf as a fixed text.
- Concept: abrogation
- Function of the verse here: supporting
- Textual evidence: «وقوله: { وَإِذَا بَدَّلْنَا آيَةً مَكَانَ آيَةٍ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُنَزِّلُ } (النحل ١٠١)»
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