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
  • 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.’”

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