This axis 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 text as cited
وَإِنْ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ إِلَّا خَلَا فِيهَا نَذِيرٌ
Brief reading
It makes this a basis for the idea that guidance used to come to human beings in the form of warnings before the messengers from among humans.
Axes
- Narrative and historical
- Faith-based
Related concepts
- al-nadhīr: 2
- al-nudhur: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It is linked to his conception of the beginnings of religious reception in the earliest human societies.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Foundational: 1
- Support: 1
Places of use
- The Qur’anic Narrative Vol. 2, p. 10: He makes it a basis for the idea that guidance used to come to human beings in the form of warnings before the messengers from among humans.
- Concept: al-nadhīr
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual evidence: «{وَإِنْ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ إِلَّا خَلَا فِيهَا نَذِيرٌ} (Fāṭir ٢٤)»
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 268: He uses it to say that the earliest human societies received personified messengers/warnings who taught them monotheism and rudimentary worship.
- Concept: al-nudhur
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «أما الملائكة فكانت مشخصة يراها الإنسان ويسمعها وقد سماها سبحانه النذر في قوله تعالى {وَإِنْ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ إِلَّا خَلَا فِيهَا نَذِيرٌ}»
Related books
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