This hub 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 as cited
Indeed, this Qur’an relates to the Children of Israel most of that over which they differ.
Brief reading
The verse is used to establish the idea that the Qur’an settles narrative disagreements and presents a decisive account.
Hubs
- Narrative and historical
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Qur’anic narrative: 2
- narrative: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to the function of narrative in clarification and historical adjudication.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Establishing: 1
- Supporting: 1
Places of use
- The Qur’anic Narrative vol. 2, p. 7: he takes the verse as evidence that the Qur’an presents a decisive account in places where the Children of Israel disagree.
- Concept: Qur’anic narrative
- The verse’s function here: Establishing
- Textual citation: “Perhaps he sees for himself the truth of His saying تعالى {إِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ يَقُصُّ عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَكْثَرَ الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ} (An-Naml 76)”
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 397: he uses it to argue that the Qur’an addresses differences in narratives not in order to turn them into legislation, but to settle historical disagreement.
- Concept: narrative
- The verse’s function here: Supporting
- Textual citation: “When God says: {إِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ يَقُصُّ عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَكْثَرَ الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ} (An-Naml 76).”
Related books
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