This axis gathers 1 locus of 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

And peace upon him the day he was born, and the day he dies, and the day he is raised alive

Brief reading

In Shahrur, the verse appears as an example used to clarify the meaning of birth as emergence into the world, distinguishing it from the subsequent stages.

Axes

  • Linguistic and semantic
  • Faith-related
  • Birth: 2

Its place in the network of concepts

It is connected to a chain of concepts that semantically reorders the stages of generation.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Example: 1

Places of use

  • Islam and Faith, p. 181: cited to distinguish birth in the sense of emergence into the world from the other subsequent stages.
    • Concept: Birth
    • Function of the verse here: Example
    • Textual evidence: “{And peace upon him the day he was born, and the day he dies, and the day he is raised alive} (Maryam 15).”

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