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.
Verse text as cited
INNA AS-SĀ‘ATA ĀTIYATUN AKĀDU UKHFĪHĀ LI-TUJZĀ KULLU NAFSIN BIMĀ TAS‘Ā
Brief reading
The word ukhfīhā here is understood to mean manifestation rather than concealment.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
- Methodological
Related concepts
- The hidden: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It serves to fix the meaning from within the linguistic context in his view.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Distinguishing: 1
Usage locations
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 276: He explicitly states that the term ukhfīhā here is understood by him to mean manifestation rather than concealment.
- Concept: the hidden
- Function of the verse here: distinguishing
- Textual citation: “And with the second meaning, that is, appearance and openness, comes His saying, Exalted is He, {INNA AS-SĀ‘ATA ĀTIYATUN AKĀDU UKHFĪHĀ LI-TUJZĀ KULLU NAFSIN BIMĀ TAS‘Ā} (Taha 15); here ‘ukhfīhā’ means ‘I make it appear.’”
Related books
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