This axis gathers 1 place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
Voices are hushed before the All-Merciful, and you hear nothing but a whisper
Brief reading
He reads the verse together with the story of Mary to make silence a sign of merciful proof, not merely abstention from speech.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
- Faith-based
Related concepts
- Fasting: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It enters into connecting linguistic meaning with the faith-based image of the sign.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Places of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 216: He compares Mary’s silence with the text of the verse to make silence a sign of merciful proof, not merely abstention from speech.
- Concept: fasting
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual evidence: «With the vow of fasting to the All-Merciful by not speaking to anyone, we recall His saying تعالى: - {… وَخَشَعَتِ الْأَصْوَاتُ لِلرَّحْمَنِ فَلَا تَسْمَعُ إِلَّا هَمْسًا} (Taha 108).»
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