This axis gathers 2 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
THE SPLITTER OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH
Brief reading
He interprets it to distinguish faṭr as a separation of a continuous existent through a cosmic explosion, from the usual meanings of creation and origination.
Axes
- Methodological
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- faṭr: 2
- fiṭra: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It enters into his delimitation of cosmic vocabulary and his linking of it to the transformation of origin into form.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Distinction: 1
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 202: He interprets faṭr as a separation of a continuous existent through a cosmic explosion, to distinguish it from creation and origination.
- Concept: faṭr
- Function of the verse here: Distinction
- Textual citation: «- {فَاطِرِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ} (Fāṭir 1).»
- Guide to Contemporary Reading of the Wise Revelation, p. 44: He employs it to connect fiṭra with the fact that things are originated and changing, not ancient and fixed.
- Concept: fiṭra
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: «fiṭra … according to His saying تعالى: { الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَاطِرِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ… } (Fāṭir 1)»
Related books
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