This axis gathers one place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the verse as cited
{INDEED, WE SENT NOAH TO HIS PEOPLE, [SAYING], “WARN YOUR PEOPLE BEFORE THERE COMES TO THEM A PAINFUL PUNISHMENT.”}
Brief reading
Shahrur makes it a basis for the idea that the people are a rational group addressed in a shared language, and that this meaning becomes apparent from Noah onward.
Axes
- Methodological
- Linguistic and semantic
Related concepts
- Shared language: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It marks the beginning of the relationship between the people and the shared discourse within a linguistic and methodological conception.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Establishing: 1
Uses
- State and Society, p. 61: He takes it as evidence that the people are a rational group addressed in a shared language, and that this meaning began with Noah.
- Concept: Shared language
- Function of the verse here: Establishing
- Textual evidence: “This address was stated from the beginning with Noah, through His — Exalted is He — saying: {INDEED, WE SENT NOAH TO HIS PEOPLE, [SAYING], ‘WARN YOUR PEOPLE …} (Noah 1),”
Related books
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