This locus brings together 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Verse text as cited
Let them certainly cut off the ears of cattle
Brief reading
He cites it to confirm that the root carries the meaning of separation and that a change in sound reverses the meaning into its opposite.
Loci
- Linguistic and semantic
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Opposites: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It enters into the phonetic and semantic analysis of words.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 274: He cites the verse to confirm that the root indicates separation and that the inversion of the sound inverts the meaning into its opposite.
- Concept: Opposites
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual evidence: ““Batka” means separating a thing into pieces, or separating things from one another, as in His saying {..} فَلْيَبْتَكُنْ آذَانَ الْأَنْعَامِ} (An-Nisa 119).”
Related books
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