This axis brings together one instance of this verse’s use in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
We will write down what he says
Brief reading
For Shahrur, the verse supports the idea that speech is written down and recorded after it is uttered, not that it remains merely a passing sound.
Axes
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Recording speech: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to the concept of recording speech within a reading that makes utterance and action matters of record and meaning.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 351: He uses it to indicate that speech itself is written down and recorded after it issues from a human being.
- Concept: Recording speech
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «And his saying {No! We will write down what he says, and We will extend for him from the punishment an extension} (Maryam 79)»
Related books
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