This hub gathers 2 instances of 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 cited
And God has made for you, from your homes, a place of rest, and He has made for you, from the hides of livestock, homes that you find light to carry on the day of your departure and the day of your stay
Brief reading
The verse comes in the context of explaining two types of houses in the time of Hud: fixed houses and houses made of livestock hides.
Axes
- Narrative and historical
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Houses: 2
- Livestock: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is connected to what came before in the discussion of the benefits of livestock and the materials of habitation.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
- Context: 1
Instances of use
- The Qur’anic Narrative, vol. 2, p. 48: He employs it to establish the existence of two types of houses in the time of Hud: fixed houses and mobile houses made of livestock hides.
- Concept: Houses
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: «والنوعان مذكوران في قوله تعالى {وَاللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ بُيُوتِكُمْ سَكَناً …} (النحل ٨٠)»
- The Qur’anic Narrative, vol. 2, p. 49: He refers to it as another place where he had previously detailed the use of livestock hides, wool, and hair.
- Concept: Livestock
- Function of the verse here: Context
- Textual citation: «كما مر معنا في آية النحل ٨٠.»
Related books
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