This axis gathers 1 location for the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as it appears
And to Allah prostrates whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth
Brief reading
Used as an example of the breadth of the semantic scope of the linguistic particle «ma» and its inclusiveness in semantic analysis.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Language: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is connected to the path of linguistic reading that relies on generalization in wording.
Its role in the argument
- Example: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 281: He uses it to explain that “ma” is a general form that includes the animate and the inanimate within his analysis of linguistic taxonomy.
- Concept: language
- Function of the verse here: example
- Textual evidence: «And we see in the Arabic language that the general form that includes the animate and the inanimate … as in His saying تعالى {وَإِلَٰهِ يَسْجُدُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ…} (An-Nahl 49).»
Related books
This page is presented within the general methodology of atlas construction.