This axis gathers 1 locus of Shahrur’s use of this verse across Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as quoted
So she pointed to him. They said, “How can we speak to one who is in the cradle, a child?”
Brief reading
The verse is invoked in the context of saying that prophethood may be granted before birth, and thus is not understood within a single fixed time.
Axes
- Faith
- Narrative and historical
Related concepts
- Prophethood: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It supports viewing prophethood as a divine gift that is not constrained by a single temporal rule.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Context: 1
Places of use
- The Qur’anic Narrative, vol. 2, p. 179: He invokes it to affirm that prophethood may be granted before birth, and therefore there is no single temporal rule governing its appearance.
- Concept: Prophethood
- Function of the verse here: Context
- Textual evidence: “And the Messiah was given the Book and made a prophet (the spirit) while he was still in his mother’s womb (see Maryam 29, 30).”
Related books
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